Theragatha 19.1 -Talaputta: https://suttacentral.net/thag19.1 "Oh, when will I stay in a mountain cave, alone, with no companion, discerning all states of existence as impermanent? This hope of mine, when will it be?.... ....For many years you begged me, “Enough of living in a house for you!” Why do you not urge me on, mind, now that I’ve gone forth as an ascetic? ...Mind, when you urge me to the impermanent and unstable, you’re acting like someone who plants trees, then, when they’re about to fruit, wishes to cut down the very same trees. Incorporeal mind, far-traveler, lone-wanderer: I won’t do your bidding any more. Sensual pleasures are suffering, painful, and very dangerous; I’ll wander with my mind focused only on Nibbana... ...The men and women who live under your will and command, whatever pleasure they experience, they are ignorant and fall under Māra’s control; loving life, they’re your disciples, mind." An.3.68 - “...The Blessed One said, “Monks, if you are asked by wanderers of other sects, ‘Friends, there are these three qualities. Which three? Passion, aversion, and delusion. These are the three qualities. Now what is the difference, what the distinction, what the distinguishing factor among these three qualities?’—when thus asked, you should answer those wanderers of other sects in this way, ‘Friends, passion carries little blame and is slow to fade. Aversion carries great blame and is quick to fade. Delusion carries great blame and is slow to fade…” SN 9.10 Sajjhāya Sutta: Reciting "On one occasion a certain bhikkhu was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain woodland thicket. Now on that occasion that bhikkhu had been excessively engrossed in recitation, but on a later occasion he passed the time abiding in non-activity (indifferent, withdrawn, at ease) and keeping silent. Then the devata that inhabited that woodland thicket, no longer hearing that bhikkhu recite the Dhamma,approached him and addressed him in verse: "Bhikkhu, why don't you recite Dhamma-stanzas, Living in communion with other bhikkhus? Hearing the Dhamma, one gains confidence; In this very life [the reciter] gains praise." The bhikkhu: "In the past I was fond of Dhamma-stanzas So long as I had not achieved dispassion. But from the time I achieved dispassion [I dwell in what] the good men call 'The laying down by final knowledge of whatever is seen, heard, or sensed."' SN 21.4: “...then the Blessed One addressed a certain bhikkhu thus: "Come, bhikkhu, tell that bhikkhu in my name that the Teacher calls him."... The Blessed One then said to him: "Is it true, bhikkhu, that after returning from the alms round you enter your dwelling after the meal and pass the time abiding in non-activity and keeping silent, and you do not ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7Mj2Ig3Hw

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