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Standing to one side, a devata 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 and 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 and serene.
From longing for the future, from sorrowing over the past, fools wither away like a green reed cut down.