ud6.9:0.1Heartfelt Sayings 6.9
ud6.9:0.2Hastening By
ud6.9:1.1So I have heard.
ud6.9:1.2At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
ud6.9:1.3Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while oil lamps were burning.
ud6.9:2.1And many moths were falling down and crashing down into the lamps, coming to grief and ruin.
ud6.9:2.2The Buddha saw the moths coming to grief.
ud6.9:3.1Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud6.9:4.1“Hastening by, they miss the essence,
ud6.9:4.2sprouting ever more new bonds.
ud6.9:4.3Like moths falling in the flame,
ud6.9:4.4some have become fixed in what is seen or heard.”