Showing posts with label Rhinoceros Buddhist Sutra. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Rhinoceros Sutra

Khaggavisana Sutta
Wander Alone, Like a Rhinoceros

Renouncing violence

for all living beings,

harming not even a one,

you would not wish for offspring,

so how a companion?

Wander alone

like a rhinoceros.

For a sociable person
there are allurements;
on the heels of allurement, this pain.
Seeing allurement's drawback,
wander alone
like a rhinoceros.

One whose mind
is enmeshed in sympathy
for friends and companions,
neglects the true goal.
Seeing this danger in intimacy,
wander alone
like a rhinoceros.