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5.
The Discourse on the Supreme Octad
803.
Dwelling in views as "supreme", whatever a creature makes superior in the world;
He calls all others "inferior" compared to that, therefore he has not passed beyond contentions.
804.
Whatever benefit he sees in himself, in what is seen, heard, in morality and observances, or in what is sensed;
Having grasped that very thing there, he sees all else as inferior.
805.
That too the skilled call a mental knot, whereby one dependent sees another as inferior;
Therefore a monk should not depend on what is seen or heard or sensed, or on moral rules and austerities.
806.
One should not form a view in the world, either by knowledge or by rites and observances;
One should not represent oneself as "equal," nor should one think oneself "inferior" or "superior."
807.
Having abandoned self, not clinging, he does not make even knowledge a support;
He indeed does not follow a faction among those who are divided, he does not fall back on any view.
808.
For one in whom there is no aspiration for either extreme here, for this or that existence, here or beyond;
For him there are no dwellings whatsoever, having discriminated what is grasped among phenomena.
809.
For him here in what is seen, heard, or sensed, there is not even a minute perception that is designed;
That brahmin not taking up any view, by what could one here in the world assign him?
810.
They do not form views nor do they hold anything as foremost, the teachings are not accepted by them;
A brahmin is not to be guided by rites and observances, one who has gone beyond does not fall back, such is he.
The Discourse on the Supreme Octad is concluded as fifth.
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