The Wise (PsQditavagga)
Chaptor VI
2:25:6: The Wise (Pal,l~italagga)
VI. (I) Ridhattheta Vatthu
2:25:6:76.
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
2:25:6:77.
The man of wisdom should admonish others; he should give advice and should prevent others from doing wrong; such a man is held dear by the good; he is disliked only by the bad.
78. One should not associate with bad friendc,
nor with the vile. One should associate with good
friends, and with those who are noble.
79. He who drinks in the D;lamma lives happily
with a serene mind; the wise man always takes dehght
in the Dhamma (Bodhipakkhiya Dharnma) expounded
by the Noble Ones (ariyas).
80. Farmers (lit., makers of irrieation canals)
channel the water; fletchers straighten the arrows;
carpenters work the timber; the wise tame themselves.
81. As a mountain of rock is unshaken by wind,
so also, the wise are unperturbe:J by blame or by praise.
82. Like a lake which is deep, cleu and calm, the
wise after listening to the Teaching (D:lamlla) b~come
serene.
83. Indeed, the virtuous give up <'Ill (Le., attachment
to the fiv~ ihandhas, etc.); the virtuous (lit., the
tranquil) do not talk with sensual desire; when faced
with joy or s )rrow, the wise do not show elation or
depression.
84. For his own sake or for the sake of others
he does no evil; nor does he wisl-J Tor sons and daughters
or for wealth or for a kingdom by doing evil; nor does
he wish for succes~ by unfair means: such a one is
indeed virtuous, wise and just.
85. Few among men reach the other shore (Nibbana);
all the others only run up and down on this shore.
86. But those who practise according to the well-
expounded Dhamma will reach the other shore(Nibb8na),
having p.lssed the realm ·of Death (i. e., samsara), very
difficult as it is to cross.
87, 88. The man of wi~dom, leaving the home of
craving and having Nibbana as his goal, should give up
dalk, evil ways and cultivate pure, good ones. He
should seek great delight in solitude, detachment and
Nibbana, which an ordinary man finds so difficult to
enjoy. He should also give up sensual pleasures, and
clinging to nothing, should cleanse himself of all
impurities of the mind.
89. Those, with mind well-developed· in the Seven
Factors of Enlightenment (bojjhanga), and who have rid
themselves of all craving, rejoice in their abandonment
of attachment. Such men, with all moral intoxicants
eradicated, and powerful with the light of Arahatta
MagganaQa have realized Nibbana in this world (i. e.,
with khandha aggregates remaining).
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