“Just as the great ocean has but one single taste, the taste of salt; even so this Dhamma and discipline has but one taste, the taste of freedom.”
Canonical Pali Original: Seyyathāpi, pahārāda, mahāsamuddo ekaraso loṇaraso; evamevaṃ kho, pahārāda, ayaṃ dhammavinayo ekaraso vimuttiraso.
— Gautam Buddha
The Awakened One, Founder of Dhamma
Delivered at Veranja under the Naleru Nimba tree, identifying ultimate liberation and emancipation (Vimutti) as the sole aim of Buddhist teachings.