12.
The Discourse on the Sage
209.
Without abode, without intimacy - this indeed is the sage's vision.
210.
Him they call a sage wandering alone, he, the great sage, has seen the state of peace.
211.
Truly, that sage, a seer of the final elimination of birth, having abandoned reasoning, does not come to any term.
212.
He indeed, the sage free from greed, without craving, does not strive, for he has gone beyond.
213.
Having abandoned all, liberated through the elimination of craving, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
214.
Released from attachment, without barrenness, without mental corruptions, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
215.
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.
216.
Him, without lust, with well-concentrated faculties, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
217.
Investigating the unrighteous and the righteous, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
218.
Not to be angered, he does not anger anyone, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
219.
He is not fit to praise, nor is he one who speaks disparagingly, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
220.
Abstaining from vanity and negligence, liberated - him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
221.
Him, with knots cut, unattached, without mental corruptions, him too the wise proclaim as a sage.
222.
The householder is unrestrained for the obstruction of others' lives, the sage always protects living beings, being restrained.
223.
So the householder does not imitate the monk, the secluded sage meditating in the forest.
The Discourse on the Sage is concluded as twelfth.