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88 The Ideal Monk
(3) Overcoming abuse and injury, steadfast,
Vivacious ever, the sage travels self-protected, Undistracted in mind, not elated,
Who endures all, he is indeed the ideal monk. 4. pantam sayaņā saņam bhaitta
si'unham viviham ca damsa-masagam arvagga-manè asampahithe
jë kasiņam ahiyāsae, sa bhikkhu. (4) Using beds and seats lowly,
Cold and heat diverse, gnats and mosquitoes, Undistracted in mind, not elated,
Who endures all, he is indeed the ideal monk.
5. na sakkaim icchai, na pūyam,
no vi ya vandanagam, kuo pasamsam; je samjač suvvae tavassi
sahiè āya-garesad, sa bhikkhu. (5) Desires not treatment respectful, nor homage,
Nor reverence, let alone praise; Self-restrained, keeping the vows, ascetic, Wishing well, who introspects the self, he is indeed the ideal
monk. 6. jena puna jahãi jiviyam
möham vā kasinam niyacchai (nara] nārim pajahe sayā tavassi
na ya koühallam uve, sa bhikkhū. (6) For whom one gives up life,
Or falls into delusion deep; Such women ever, the ascetic, avoids,
And is not enamoured, he is indeed the ideal monk. 7. chinnam sarā bhomam antalikkham
suminam lakkhana-danda-vatthu-vijjam anga-viyāram sarassa vijjam
je vijjāhī na jīvai, sa bhikkhu. (7) The rent (in garment), tones, (portents) earthly and celestial,
Dreams, science of signs, staffs and building-sites, Defects physical, and the science of cries,
Who lives not on sciences such, he is indeed the ideal monk. 8. mantam (mūlam) viviham ca veija-cintam,
vamana-vire yaņa-dhūmanetta-siņāņam āura-saranam tigicchiyam ca,
tam parinnāya parivvač, sa bhikkhū.
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