Muni Sutta (Snp 1.12) – The Discourse on the Sage

12. The Discourse on the Sage

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From intimacy fear is born, from abode arises dust;

Without abode, without intimacy - this indeed is the sage's vision.

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Whoever, having cut off what has arisen, would not plant it, would not let what is arising enter into him;

Him they call a sage wandering alone, he, the great sage, has seen the state of peace.

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Having understood the sense-bases, having destroyed the seed, he would not let affection for it enter;

Truly, that sage, a seer of the final elimination of birth, having abandoned reasoning, does not come to any term.

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Having understood all dwellings, not wishing for even one of them;

He indeed, the sage free from greed, without craving, does not strive, for he has gone beyond.

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The all-conquering, the all-knowing, the wise one, untainted in all phenomena;

Having abandoned all, liberated through the elimination of craving, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Endowed with the power of wisdom, possessed of moral conduct, concentrated, delighting in meditative absorption, mindful;

Released from attachment, without barrenness, without mental corruptions, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Wandering alone, the sage, heedful, not wavering amidst blame and praise;

Like a lion, not trembling at sounds, like the wind, not clinging in a net;

Like a lotus, not soiled by water, a leader of others, not to be led by another;

Him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Whoever arises like a pillar at the bathing place, in whom others speak to the limit of speech;

Him, without lust, with well-concentrated faculties, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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He who indeed is of established self, straight like a shuttle, shuns evil deeds;

Investigating the unrighteous and the righteous, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Whoever, self-restrained, does not do evil, whether young or middle-aged, a sage, self-controlled;

Not to be angered, he does not anger anyone, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Whether from the top, from the middle, or from the remainder, one living on what is given by others might obtain almsfood;

He is not fit to praise, nor is he one who speaks disparagingly, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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The sage walking about, abstaining from sexual intercourse, who in youth is not attached anywhere;

Abstaining from vanity and negligence, liberated - him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Having understood the world, one who sees the ultimate reality, having crossed over the flood, the ocean, such a one;

Him, with mental knots cut, unattached, without mental corruptions, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.

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Unequal are both, of far different dwelling and livelihood, the householder supports a wife, while the unselfish one is of good conduct;

The householder is unrestrained for the obstruction of others' lives, the sage always protects living beings, being restrained.

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Just as the crested blue-necked bird, the peacock, never attains the speed of the swan;

So the householder does not imitate the monk, the secluded sage meditating in the forest.

The Discourse on the Sage is concluded as twelfth.