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ATTHAKAVAGGA.
houseless, not making acquaintances in the village, free from lust, not desiring (any future existence), let the Muni not get into quarrelsome talk with people.
(844) 11. 'Let not an eminent man (nâga) dispute after having embraced those (views) separated from which he (formerly) wandered in the world; as the thorny lotus elambuga is undefiled by water and mud, so the Muni, the confessor of peace, free from greed, does not cling to sensual pleasures and the world.
(845) 12. 'An accomplished man does not by (a philosophical) view, or by thinking become arrogant, for he is not of that sort; not by (holy) works, nor by tradition is he to be led, he is not led into any of the resting-places (of the mind). (846)
13. 'For him who is free from marks there are no ties, to him who is delivered by understanding there are no follies; (but those) who grasped after marks and (philosophical) views, they wander about in the world annoying (people)".
(847) Mâgandiyasutta is ended.
10. PURABHEDASUTTA.
Definition of a calm Muni. 1. “With what view and with what virtue is one called calm, tell me that, O Gotama, (when) asked about the best man?'
(848) 2. "He whose desire is departed before the dissolution (of his body),'—so said Bhagavat,—'who
i Saññâvirattassa na santi gantha,
Paññāvimuttassa na santi moha, Saññañ ka ditthiñ ka ye aggahesum Te ghattayantâ vikaranti loke.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |