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Having ventured upon what they should have eschewed,
And neglected whatever they should have pursued,
Having spurned their true welfare, held fast by affection,
Such envy the people with self-application.
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One shouldn't consort with the ones one adores,
And certainly never with those one abhors.
For painful it is to behold the displeasing,
And painful no longer to see the endearing.
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Attachment should not be developed:
The parting from loved ones is wretched.
Where nothing's detested and nothing’s beloved,
Attachment cannot, in such case, be discovered. |
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Fondness leads to lamentation;
Fondness leads to trepidation.
Having reached emancipation,
Grief is not, whence trepidation?
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Love gives rise to lamentation;
Love gives rise to trepidation.
Having reached emancipation,
Grief is not, whence trepidation?
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Passion leads to lamentation;
Passion leads to trepidation.
Having reached emancipation,
Grief is not, whence trepidation?
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Sensual lust brings lamentation.
Sensual lust brings trepidation.
Having reached emancipation,
Grief is not, whence trepidation?
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Craving kindles lamentation.
Craving kindles trepidation.
Having found emancipation,
Grief is not, whence trepidation?
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The religious
who are accomplished in virtue and insight;
who are well-established in Dhamma;
who know Truth;
who have done what needed to be done for themselves:
laypeople adore them. |
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Whoever have a longing to discover the ineffable,
Should bring about the flowering of their minds,
And liberate their hearts from every passion that is sensual:
As “people going upstream” are they styled.
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A man might for years from his family depart,
And then safely return from those faraway parts;
And his friends and relations, and those that are dear,
Would be dancing for joy when they see him appear.
In the very same way, for a man of good deeds,
Who from life in this world to the next one proceeds,
With the warmest of welcomes his merit will greet him.
He’ll go like a son with a family to meet him.
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