Iti 8

Itivuttaka: The Group of Ones

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Monks, one who has not fully known & fully understood conceit, whose mind has not been cleansed of it, has not abandoned it, is incapable of putting an end to stress. But one who has fully known & fully understood conceit, whose mind has been cleansed of it, has abandoned it, is capable of putting an end to stress."

People are possessed by conceit tied up with conceit delighted with becoming. Not comprehending conceit, they come to becoming again. But those who, letting go of conceit, are, in its destruction, released, conquering the bond of conceit, go beyond all bonds.