Chapter 6. The wise

76. Should one see an intelligent person, who speaks rebukingly, who can see faults as if showing treasures, one should associate with such a wise one . Associating with such people is better, not worse.

77. He should admonish, he should advice, and he should restrain one from evil. He is indeed dear to the good ones and he is not agreeable to the bad ones.

78. One should not associate with evil friends; one should not associate with vile people. Associate with virtuous friends; associate with noble people.

79. One who finds joy in the Dharma dwells happily, with a bright mind. The wise man always delights in the Dharma taught by the noble ones.

80. Irrigators lead water. Arrow-makers bend arrow-shaft. Carpenters bend wood. Wise ones master themselves.

81. Just like a compact rock is not moved by the wind, so the wise ones are not shaken by blame or praise.

82. Just like a lake, deep, bright and clean, so the wise ones become tranquil, after having heard the teachings.

83. True people abandon everything. Goodpeople do not mutter, desiring pleasure. Wise people do not show elation or depression when they are affected by happiness of suffering.

84. One should not want a son, wealth or kingdom, not for ones own sake, not for the sake of other, one should not want one's own prosperity by injustice. Such a person is virtuous, wise and righteous.

85. Few are those amongst people, who have gone to the other shore. And these other people just follow this shore

86. And those who in the well-taught Dharma behave according to it, those people will go beyond the realm of death, that is so difficult to Cross.

87. Having abandoned the bad states let the wise man develop the good states. having come from the house into houselessness, into solitude, which is not fit for pleasures..

88. A wise one should want delight there, having renounced the sense-pleasures, without anything and having cleansed himself from the impurities of mind.

89. People, whose mind is truly well developed in the constituents of awakenment, who are delighting in renunciation of attachments, without clinging, with the taints removed and brilliant, they are completely emancipated in this world.

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