The Sutta Nipata is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

Quotes

• Wanting a haven for myself,
  I saw nothing that wasn’t laid claim to.
  Seeing nothing in the end
  but competition,
  I felt discontent.
  And then I saw
  an arrow here,
  so very hard to see,
  embedded in the heart.
  Overcome by this arrow
  you run in all directions.
  But simply on pulling it out
  you don’t run,
  you don’t sink.
  • 4.15 Attadanda Sutta: The Rod Embraced, as translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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