QUOTATION MARKS - No 16

So this holy life,

does not have gain, honour, and reknown for its benefit,

or the attainment of virtue for its benefit,

or the attainment of concentration for its benefit,

or knowledge and vision for its benefit.

But it is this unshakeable deliverence of mind that is the goal of this holy life, its heartwod, and its end

BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

from The Majjhima Nikaya-

The Shorter Discourse

on the Similie of the Heartwood