iti72:0.1So It Was Said 72
iti72:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti72:0.3Chapter Three
iti72:0.4Elements of Escape
iti72:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti72:2.1“Mendicants, there are these three elements of escape.
iti72:2.2What three?
iti72:2.3Renunciation is the escape from sensual pleasures. Formlessness is the escape from form. Cessation is the escape from whatever is created, conditioned, and dependently originated.
iti72:2.4These are the three elements of escape.”
iti72:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti72:2.6On this it is said:
iti72:3.1“Knowing the escape from sensuality,
iti72:3.2and form’s transcendence,
iti72:3.3one always keen touches
iti72:3.4the stilling of all activities.
iti72:4.1That mendicant sees rightly,
iti72:4.2and when freed in regards to that,
iti72:4.3that peaceful sage, with perfect insight,
iti72:4.4has truly slipped their yoke.”
iti72:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.