Not only by discipline and vows, not only by much learning, not by entering into a trance, not by sleeping alone, do I earn the happiness of release which no worldling can know. Bhikshu, be not confident as long as thou hast not attained the extinction of desires.
Reflect on this verse with Ananda
What does this verse stir in you? Ask anything — Ananda draws from many traditions and honours your own path.