Chapter One

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, give up one thing

and I guarantee you non-return.

What one thing?

Conceit is the one thing. Give it up,

and I guarantee you non-return.”

The Buddha spoke this matter.

On this it is said:

“Drunk on conceit,

beings go to a bad place.

Having rightly understood that conceit,

the discerning give it up.

Once they’ve given it up,

they never return to this world.”

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.