290 |
If leaving a pleasure that’s trivial
Is regarded as pleasure considerable,
The one who’s astute
Would leave pleasures minute
For the sake of that pleasure additional. |
291 |
Whoever finds felicity
In showing others cruelty
Is tangled in antipathy:
From hatred won’t find liberty. |
292 |
If one neglects one’s duties and obligations, and does what is unsuitable, through such arrogance and heedlessness, one’s asavas gain strength. |
293 |
Those who ceaselessly and earnestly contemplate the body, who reject whatever conduct is unsuitable, and persevere in what is suitable: being attentive and mindful, their asavas fade away.
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294 |
Having destroyed
craving,
conceit,
belief in eternalism,
belief in annihilationism,
the sense spheres,
delight and passion,
the arahant calmly takes his leave.
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295 |
Having destroyed
craving,
conceit,
belief in eternalism,
belief in annihilationism,
the five hindrances,
the arahant calmly takes his leave.
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296 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
Are intent on the Buddha, by night and by day. |
297 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
Are intent on the Dhamma, by night and by day. |
298 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
Are intent on the Sangha, by night and by day. |
299 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
Are intent on the body, by night and by day. |
300 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
Are devoted to harmlessness, night-time and day. |
301 |
The disciples of Gotama, fully awake,
They enjoy meditation, by night and by day. |
302 |
Monastic life is difficult,
Has joy not always found.
The household life is troublesome,
With sorrow it is bound.
It's hard at any residence
To stay there, not to leave.
Thus, cease samsaric wandering,
Or you will pain receive. |
303 |
In every vicinity,
One of integrity,
Fame and prosperity’s
Treated respectfully. |
304 |
The good, like Himalayan peaks,
Though far, majestic seem.
The bad, like arrows shot at night,
Though near, cannot be seen. |
305 |
Who sit and rest reclusively,
Conduct themselves not lazily,
Who train themselves secludedly,
In forest depths find ecstacy. |
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