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10.
The Discourse on Before the Breaking Up
855.
"Of what vision, of what character, is one called 'at peace'?
Tell me that, Gotama, being asked about the highest person."
856.
"Free from craving before the dissolution," (thus spoke the Blessed One) "not dependent on the past;
Not to be reckoned in the middle, for him there is nothing put forward.
857.
"Without wrath, fearless, not boastful, without remorse;
Speaking with wisdom, unagitated, he indeed is a sage restrained in speech.
858.
"Without attachment to the future, he does not bewail the past;
Seeing seclusion in contacts, and he is not led by views.
859.
"Withdrawn, not fraudulent, not greedy, without stinginess;
Not impudent, not loathsome, and not given to slander.
860.
"Not attached to pleasures, and not given to arrogance;
Smooth and discerning, not faithless, he does not become dispassionate.
861.
"He does not train out of desire for gain, and does not become angry at loss;
Unopposed by craving, he does not covet flavours.
862.
"Equanimous, always mindful, he does not imagine himself equal in the world;
Neither superior nor inferior, for him there are no excesses.
863.
"For whom there is no dependence, having known the teaching, independent;
For existence or non-existence, craving in whom is not found.
864.
"Him I call 'at peace', without regard for sensual pleasures;
Mental knots are not found in him, he has crossed over clinging.
865.
"Neither sons nor cattle, nor field and site exist for him;
Neither self nor non-self is found in him.
866.
"By which worldlings would find fault with him, and also ascetics and brahmins;
That is not esteemed by him, therefore he does not tremble in controversies.
867.
"Free from greed, without stinginess, the sage does not speak among the superior;
Not among equals, not among the inferior, he does not pursue speculation, being free from speculation.
868.
"For one who has nothing of his own in the world, and who does not grieve over what is non-existent;
And who does not go among phenomena, he indeed is called 'peaceful'."
The Discourse on Before the Breaking Up is concluded as tenth.
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