The Tathāgata lives free, detached and released from the body, from feelings, perception, mental constructs, consciousness, rebirth, decay, death and free from the passions. Just as a blue, red or white lotus, born in water, grown up in water, on reaching the surface rests there untouched by the water, even so the Tathāgata, being free, detached and released from these things, lives with a mind whose barriers are broken down.
~ Aṅguttara Nikāya V, 152.
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