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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Dhp 76–896. The Astute
Pāli / Sanskrit:Paṇḍitavagga
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– Minor Collection
Sayings of the Dhamma 76–89 6. The Astute
Regard one who sees your faultsas a guide to a hidden treasure.Stay close to one so wise and astutewho corrects you when you need it.Sticking close to such an impartial person,things get better, not worse.Advise and instruct;curb wickedness:for you shall be loved by the good,and disliked by the bad.Don’t mix with bad friends,nor with the worst of men.Mix with spiritual friends,and with the best of men.Through joy in the teaching you sleep at ease,with clear and confident heart.An astute person always delights in the teachingproclaimed by the Noble One. Irrigators guide water,fletchers straighten arrows, carpenters carve timber, the astute tame themselves.As the wind cannot stira solid mass of rock,so too blame and praisedo not affect the wise.Like a deep lake,clear and unclouded,so clear are the astutewhen they hear the teachings.True persons give up everything,they don’t cajole for the things they desire.Though touched by sadness or happiness,the astute appear neither depressed nor elated.Never wish for success by unjust means,for your own sake or that of another,desiring children, wealth, or nation;rather, be virtuous, wise, and just.Few are those among humanswho cross to the far shore.The rest just run aroundon the near shore.When the teaching is well explained, those who practice accordinglywill cross overDeath’s dominion so hard to pass.Rid of dark qualities,an astute person should develop the bright. Leaving home behind for the seclusion so hard to enjoy, try to find satisfaction there, having left behind sensual pleasures. Owning nothing,an astute person would cleanse themselvesof mental corruptions. Those whose minds are rightly developedin the awakening factors;who, letting go of attachments,delight in not grasping:with defilements ended, brilliant,they are quenched in this world.
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