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Previous Chapter 13. The Chapter on the World

14.

The Chapter on the Buddhas

179.

Whose victory is not undone, whose victory no one in the world can follow;

That Buddha of infinite range, trackless - by what track will you lead him?

180.

For one in whom the entangling craving, that craving to lead anywhere, does not exist;

That Buddha of infinite range, trackless - by what track will you lead him?

181.

Those wise ones engaged in meditative absorption, delighted in the peace of renunciation;

Even the gods envy them, the mindful Fully Self-Enlightened Ones.

182.

Difficult is the obtaining of human existence, difficult is the life of mortals;

Difficult is the hearing of the Good Teaching, difficult is the arising of Buddhas.

183.

The non-performance of all evil, the acquisition of the wholesome;

The purification of one's own mind - this is the instruction of the Buddhas.

184.

Patience is the supreme austere asceticism, forbearance; the Buddhas declare Nibbāna to be supreme;

For one who injures others is not one who has gone forth, one who vexes others is not an ascetic.

185.

Not reviling, not injuring, and restraint in the Pātimokkha;

Moderation in food, and secluded lodgings;

And devotion to higher consciousness - this is the instruction of the Buddhas.

186.

Not by a rain of coins is satisfaction in sensual pleasures found;

Sensual pleasures are of little enjoyment and painful, thus having known, the wise one.

187.

Even in divine sensual pleasures, he does not find delight;

He is devoted to the elimination of craving, the disciple of the Fully Self-Enlightened One.

188.

Many indeed go for refuge to mountains and forests,

To parks, trees, and shrines, human beings threatened by fear.

189.

This is not a secure refuge, this is not the highest refuge;

Having come to this refuge, one is not freed from all suffering.

190.

But whoever has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Community;

Sees the four noble truths with right wisdom.

191.

Suffering, the origin of suffering, and the overcoming of suffering;

The noble eightfold path, leading to the peace of suffering.

192.

This is a secure refuge, this is the highest refuge;

Having come to this refuge, one is freed from all suffering.

193.

A remarkable man is rare, he is not born everywhere;

Wherever that wise one is born, that family thrives in happiness.

194.

Pleasant is the arising of Buddhas, pleasant is the teaching of the Good Teaching;

Pleasant is the concord of the Community, pleasant is the austere asceticism of those in unity.

195.

For one who venerates those worthy of veneration, whether Buddhas or disciples;

Who have transcended obsession, who have crossed over sorrow and lamentation.

196.

For one who venerates such ones as these, quenched, safe from every quarter;

The merit cannot be reckoned, even this much by anyone.

The Chapter on the Buddha is concluded as fourteenth.

Next Chapter 15. The Chapter on Happiness
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