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360. Restraint with the eye is commendable,
Commendable is restraint with the ear.
Restraint with the nose is commendable,
Commendable is restraint with the tongue.
361. Restraint with the body is commendable,
Commendable is restraint with speech.
Restraint with the mind is commendable,
Commendable is restraint in all [the senses].
The bhikkhu who is restrained in all [the senses],
Is freed from all suffering.
362. The one restrained in hand, restrained in foot,
Restrained in speech, the one of best restraint,
Having delight in introspection, composed, solitary, contented –
That one they call a bhikkhu.
363. A bhikkhu, restrained in speech,
Who speaks in moderation, who is not haughty,
Who illustrates the meaning and the message,
Sweet is his speech.
364. Abiding in dhamma, delighting in dhamma,
Reflecting on dhamma, remembering dhamma,
A bhikkhu, does not fall away
From dhamma true.
365. Let one not treat what one has received with scorn,
Let one not live envying others.
A bhikkhu who is envying others
Does not come to integration [of mind].
366. If thought a bhikku has received but little,
He does not treat his receipt with scorn,
Him, indeed, the gods praise,
Who is living purely, unwearied.
367. For whom there is no “sense of mine”
Toward all that is name-and-form, in every way,
Who doe snot grieve because of what is not;
He, indeed, is called a bhikkhu.
368. A bhikkhu dwelling in loving-kindness,
Who is pleased in the Buddha’s instruction,
Would attain the state that is peace,
The pacification of the samkharas, bliss.
369. O bhikkhu, bail out this boat.
Bailed out, it shall go quickly for you.
Having cut away both lust and hate,
You shall then reach Nibbana.
370. Let one cut away the five, relinquish the five,
And, especially, cultivate the five.
A bhikkhu who has gone beyond five attachments
Is called “One who has crossed the flood”.
371. Meditate, O bhikkhu, and be not heedless.
Let not your mind whirl in the strand of sensuality.
Do not swallow a metal ball, being heedless,
While burning; do not lament, “This is woe.”
372. There is no meditative absorption for one who lacks insight;
There is no insight for one who is not meditating.
In whom there is meditative absorption and insight,
Truly, he is in Nibbana’s presence.
373. For a bhikkhu who has entered an empty house,
Whose mind is at peace,
Who perceives dhamma fully,
There is delight unlike that of mortals.
374. Howsoever one thoroughly knows
The rise and demise of the khandhas,
One attains joy and delight
That is ambrosia for those who are discerning.
375. Here, this is the first thing for a bhikkhu of insight:
Guarding the sense faculties, contentment,
And restraint in the patimokkha.
Associate with good friends
Who are living purely, unwearied.
376. Let one be in the habit of friendly relations,
Of competent conduct let one be.
Being of abundant joy thereby,
One shall make an end of suffering.
377. As the jasmine
Sheds its withered flowers,
So, O bhikkhu,
Shed sensual attachment and hatred.
378. A bhikkhu, with body pacified, speech pacified,
Who is possessed of peace, well composed,
Who has thrown out the world’s material things,
Is called the “one at peace”.
379. You yourself reprove yourself,
You yourself set yourself in order.
As a bhikkhu who is self-guarded, aware,
You shall dwell at ease.
380. Oneself, indeed, is patron of oneself,
Oneself is one’s own guide.
Therefore, restrain yourself,
As a merchant, a noble steed.
381. A bhikkhu, of abundant joy,
Pleased in the Buddha’s instruction,
Would attain the state of peace,
The blissful alleviation of the samkharas.
382. Truly, a young bhikkhu
Who engages in the Buddha’s instruction
This world illumines,
Like the moon set free from a cloud.