Itivuttaka 41

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('â', This is the truth.â The best discernment in the world is what leads to penetration, for it rightly discerns the total ending of birth & becoming. Human & heavenly beings hold them dear: those who are self-awakened, mindful, bearing their last bodies with joyful discernment. - --> - - - -