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passion, not burning (with lust), let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
(62) 30. Removing the characteristics of a gihin (householder), like a Parikhatta tree whose leaves are cut off, clothed in a yellow robe after wandering away (from his house), let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
(63) 31. Not being greedy of sweet things, not being unsteady, not supporting others, going begging from house to house, having a mind which is not fettered to any household, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
1 (64) 32. Having left the five obstacles of the mind, having dispelled all sin, being independent, having cut off the sin of desire, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
(65) 33. Having thrown behind (himself bodily) pleasure and pain, and previously (mental) joy and distress, having acquired equanimity, tranquillity, purity, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros. (66)
34. Strenuous for obtaining the supreme good (i.e. Nibbâna), with a mind free from attachment, not living in idleness, being firm, endowed with bodily and mental strength, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
(67) 35. Not abandoning seclusion and meditation, always wandering in (accordance with) the Dhammas?, seeing misery in the existences, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros 2.
(68) 36. Wishing for the destruction of desire (.e. Nibbâna), being careful, no fool, learned, strenuous, considerate, restrained, energetic, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros.
(69) Dhammesu nikkam anudhammakârî. Comp. Dhp. v. 20.
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