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There is no tension
for those who have completed their journey
and have become free
from the distress of bondage.
91
Alert to the needs of the journey,
those on the path of awareness,
like swans, glide on,
leaving behind their former resting places.
92
Just like birds that leave no tracks in the air,
there are those whose minds do not cling
to temptations that are offered to them.
Their focus is the signless state of liberation,
which to others is indiscernible.
93
There are those who are free
from all obstructions;
they do not worry about food,
their focus is
the signless state of liberation.
Like birds flying through the air,
trackless, they move on their way.
94
Like horses well-trained by their owners
are those who have rightly tamed their senses;
having freed their hearts
from pride and pollution
they generate all-pervading delight.
95
There are those who discover
they can leave behind confused reactions
and become patient as the earth;
unmoved by anger,
unshaken as a pillar,
unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.
96
Those who arrive
at the state of perfect freedom
through right understanding
are unperturbed
in body, speech or mind.
They remain unshaken
by life’s vicissitudes.
97
Those who know the uncreated,
who are free and stilled,
who have discarded all craving,
are the most worthy beings.
98
Whether in a forest,
a town or open country,
delightful is the dwelling place
of one now fully free.
99
Beings free from addiction
to sensual pleasures
know a unique form of delight.
They seek quiet in forest retreats
which worldly beings would avoid.
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