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# SN 1:10 · The Wilderness (Arañña Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-10/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:55:08.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:10. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:31

Standing to one side, a devatā addressed the Blessed One with a verse:

“Living in the wilderness,

staying peaceful, remaining chaste,

eating just one meal a day:

why are their faces

so bright & serene?”

The Buddha:

“They don’t sorrow over the past,

don’t long for the future.

They survive on the present.

That’s why their faces

are bright & serene.

From longing for the future,

from sorrowing over the past,

fools wither away

like a green reed cut down.”

See also: [AN 3:35](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-3-35/); [Ud 2:10](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/ud-2-10/); [Thag 1:14](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-14/); [Thag 1:41](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-41/); [Thag 1:49](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-49/); [Thag 18](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-18/)

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