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15.
The Discourse on One's Own Stick
942.
"From self-violence fear is born, see the people in quarrel;
I will explain the anxiety, as I was stirred by it.
943.
"Having seen this generation trembling, like fish in water that is little;
Having seen them in conflict with one another, fear entered me.
944.
"The world is without substance all around, all directions are set in motion;
Wishing for a dwelling for myself, I did not see one uninhabited.
945.
"Having seen beings in conflict at the very end, discontent arose in me;
Then here I saw the dart, difficult to see, lodged in the heart.
946.
"Overcome by which dart, one runs about in all directions;
Having pulled out that very dart, one neither runs nor sinks.
947.
"There the trainings are recited: 'Whatever bonds there are in the world,
One should not be intent on them., having broken free from sensual pleasures completely;
One should train for one's own Nibbāna.
948.
"One should be truthful, not impudent, without deceit, rid of slander;
Without wrath, the sage should overcome the evil of greed and avarice.
949.
"One should overcome sleepiness, lethargy and sloth, one should not dwell with negligence;
One should not stand in arrogance, a man whose mind is set on Nibbāna.
950.
"One should not be led into untruth, one should not make affection for matter;
And one should fully understand conceit, abstaining from violence one should wander.
951.
"One should not delight in the old, one should not make acquiescence in the new;
One should not grieve when something is declining, one should not be attached to space.
952.
"I call it greed, the great flood, I call it rushing, the whispering;
The object, the planning, the mire of sensual pleasure is difficult to pass over.
953.
"Not deviating from truth, the sage, the brahmin stands on dry ground;
Having given up all, he indeed is called 'peaceful'."
954.
"He indeed is wise, he has attained the highest knowledge, having known the teaching, independent;
Rightly conducting himself in the world, he does not long for anyone here.
955.
"One who here has passed beyond sensual pleasures, attachment in the world difficult to pass over;
He does not grieve, does not covet, with stream cut off, without bondage.
956.
"Whatever was before, dry that up; let there be no possession for you afterwards;
If you do not grasp in the middle, you will live at peace.
957.
"In whom there is no appropriation towards mentality-materiality in every respect;
And who does not grieve over what is non-existent, he indeed does not decay in the world.
958.
"For whom there is no 'this is mine', nor anything belonging to others;
He, not finding selfish attachment, does not grieve thinking 'I have not'.
959.
"Without envy, not greedy, without longing, everywhere even;
I declare that benefit, when asked, of the one who is unmoved.
960.
"For one without longing, who cognises, there is no activation whatsoever.
He, abstaining from various exertions, sees security everywhere.
961.
"Not among equals, not among the inferior, not among the superior does the sage speak;
Peaceful, he is free from avarice, he does not take up nor reject."
The Discourse on One's Own Stick is concluded as fifteenth.
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