6.
The Discourse on Kāmada
87.
At Sāvatthī.
Standing to one side, Kāmada the young god said this to the Blessed One -
"Difficult to do, Blessed One, very difficult to do, Blessed One."
Learners concentrated in morality;
For one of stable nature who has entered homelessness,
Contentment brings happiness."
"Rare, Blessed One, is this contentment."
Those delighted in the appeasement of the mind;
Those whose mind by day and by night,
Is delighted in meditation."
"Difficult to concentrate, Blessed One, is this mind."
Those delighted in the peace of the faculties;
Having cut through Death's net,
The noble ones go, Kāmada."
"Difficult to go, Blessed One, is the uneven path."
The ignoble on the uneven path, fall headlong;
For the noble ones the path is even, for the noble ones are even in the uneven."