11.
The Discourse on Rāhula
338.
"Is it that through constant communion, you do not despise the wise one;
The torch-bearer for human beings, is he esteemed by you?"
339.
"Not through constant communion, do I despise the wise one;
The torch-bearer for human beings, is always esteemed by me."
340.
"Having abandoned the five kinds of sensual pleasure, dear and delightful;
Having gone forth from home through faith, become one who makes an end of suffering.
341.
"Associate with good friends, and with secluded lodgings;
Solitary, with little disturbance, be one who knows moderation in food.
342.
"Regarding robes and almsfood, regarding requisites and lodging;
Do not make craving for these, do not come again to the world.
343.
"Restrained in the principal monastic code, and in the five faculties;
Let mindfulness directed to the body be yours, be full of disenchantment.
344.
"Avoid the sign of the beautiful connected with lust;
Develop the mind towards foulness, fully focused, well concentrated.
345.
"And develop the signless, abandon the underlying tendency to conceit;
Then through the full realisation of conceit, you will live at peace."
Thus the Blessed One repeatedly exhorted the Venerable Rāhula with these verses.
The Discourse on Rāhula is concluded as eleventh.