Let him live in charity, let him be perfect in his duties; then in the
fulness of delight he will make an end of suffering.
As the Vassika plant sheds its withered flowers, men should shed passion
and hatred, O ye Bhikshus!
The Bhikshu whose body and tongue and mind are quieted, who is
collected, and has rejected the baits of the world, he is called quiet.
Rouse thyself by thyself, examine thyself by thyself, thus
self-protected and attentive wilt thou live happily, O Bhikshu!
For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb
thyself as the merchant curbs a noble horse.
The Bhikshu, full of delight, who is happy in the doctrine of Buddha
will reach the quiet place (Nirvana), happiness consisting in the
cessation of natural inclinations.
He who, even as a young Bhikshu, applies himself to the doctrine of
Buddha, brightens up this world, like the moon when free from clouds.
CHAPTER XXVI
THE BRAHMANA
Stop the stream valiantly, drive away the desires, O Brahmana! When you
have understood the destruction of all that was made, you will
understand that which was not made.
If the Brahmana has reached the other shore in both laws, in restraint
and contemplation, all bonds vanish from him who has obtained knowledge.
He for whom there is neither the hither nor the further shore, nor both,
him, the fearless and unshackled, I call indeed a Brahmana.
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