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a white woolen rug, a flowered woolen rug, a cotton mattress, a mattress with figures of lions and tigers, a rug with hair on both sides, a rug with hair on one side, a rug embroidered with gems, a silk rug, a rug with figures of dancers, an elephant rug, a horse rug, a chariot rug, an antelope-hide rug, a rug made of kadali-deer skin, with a canopy, with red pillows at both ends. From such high and large beds and seats, he refrains. This too is his virtue. 200. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food given by faith, dwell addicted to such practices of adornment and beautification. That is: rubbing the body, massaging, bathing, anointing, mirrors, eye-ointment, garlands, perfumes, ointments, face powder, face paint, bracelets, headbands, staffs, walking sticks, swords, umbrellas, embroidered sandals, turbans, jewels, yak-tail whisks, white clothes, long-fringed clothes. From such practices of adornment and beautification, he refrains. This too is his virtue. 201. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food given by faith, dwell addicted to such low talk. That is: talk of kings, talk of robbers, talk of ministers, talk of armies, talk of fear, talk of war, talk of food, talk of drink, talk of clothes, talk of beds, talk of garlands, talk of perfumes, talk of relatives, talk of vehicles, talk of villages, talk of market towns, talk of cities, talk of countries, talk of women, talk of men, talk of heroes, talk of streets, talk of watering places, talk of departed spirits, various kinds of talk, talk of the world, talk of the ocean... talk about this world and the next, or such low talk, he refrains from. This is part of his morality. 202. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, dwell engaged in such contentious talk, such as: "You do not understand this Dhamma and Discipline, I understand this Dhamma and Discipline. How can you understand this Dhamma and Discipline? You are practicing wrongly, I am practicing rightly. What I say is consistent, what you say is inconsistent. You said first what should have been said last, and last what should have been said first. Your accustomed argument is overturned. Your thesis is refuted. You are defeated. Go and try to free yourself from your argument, or disentangle it if you can!" From such contentious talk, he refrains. This is part of his morality. 203. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, dwell engaged in such activities as running errands and delivering messages, for kings, royal ministers, khattiyas, brahmins, householders, or princes— "Go here, come there, take this, bring that from there!" From such activities as running errands and delivering messages, he refrains. This is part of his morality. 204. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, are cheats, and flatterers, and soothsayers, and disparagers, and those who seek gain with gain. From such cheating and flattery, he refrains. This is part of his morality. The Middle Morality is finished. The Great Morality 205. Just as some venerable recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, sustain their lives by wrong livelihood, by such low arts, such as: (interpreting) bodily marks, omens, portents, dreams, characteristics, marks bitten by rats, fire offerings, ladle offerings, husk offerings, bran offerings, rice grain... oblation, ghee oblation, oil oblation, mouth oblation, blood oblation, divination by bodily marks, divination by dwelling sites, divination by fields, divination by jackals, divination by spirits, divination by earth, snake charming, poison lore, scorpion lore, rat lore, bird lore, crow lore, predicting the age of birds, charms against arrows, deer charms— from such low arts, from such wrong livelihood, he abstains. This is part of his morality. 206. Or again, some worthy recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, sustain their lives by such low arts, by wrong livelihood. That is to say: divination by gems, divination by garments, divination by staffs, divination by knives, divination by swords, divination by arrows, divination by bows, divination by weapons, divination by women, divination by men, divination by boys, divination by girls, divination by male slaves, divination by female slaves, divination by elephants, divination by horses, divination by buffaloes, divination by bulls, divination by cattle, divination by goats, divination by sheep, divination by fowls, divination by quails, divination by iguanas, divination by lizards, divination by tortoises, divination by deer— from such low arts, from such wrong livelihood, he abstains. This is part of his morality. 207. Or again, some worthy recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, sustain their lives by such low arts, by wrong livelihood. That is to say: "The kings will march forth," "The kings will not march forth," "Our kings will advance," "The enemy kings will retreat," "The enemy kings will advance," "Our kings will retreat," "Our kings will be victorious," "The enemy kings will be defeated," "The enemy kings will be victorious," "Our kings will be defeated," "This one will be victorious," "This one will be defeated"— from such low arts, from such wrong livelihood He refrains from such. This is part of his morality. 208. "Just as some venerable ascetics and brahmins, having eaten food given in faith, maintain a livelihood by such base arts, by wrong livelihood. That is to say: There will be a lunar eclipse, there will be a solar eclipse, there will be an eclipse of a constellation, the moon and sun will go on their proper course, the moon and sun will go off their proper course, the constellations will go on their proper course, the constellations will go off their proper course, there will be a meteor shower, there will be a burning of the quarters, there will be an earthquake, there will be a thunder of the gods, the rising of the moon, sun, and constellations, their setting, their defilement, their purification will occur, such will be the result of a lunar eclipse, such will be the result of a solar eclipse, such will be the result of an eclipse of a constellation, such will be the result of the moon and sun going on their proper course, such will be the result of the moon and sun going off their proper course, such will be the result of the constellations going on their proper course, such will be the result of the constellations going off their proper course, such will be the result of a meteor shower, such will be the result of a burning of the quarters, such will be the result of an earthquake, such will be the result of a thunder of the gods, such will be the result of the rising of the moon, sun, and constellations, their setting, their defilement, their purification, and so on. He refrains from such base arts, from such wrong livelihood. This is part of his morality. 209. "Just as some venerable ascetics and brahmins, having eaten food given in faith, maintain a livelihood by such base arts, by wrong livelihood. That is to say: There will be good rain, there will be bad rain, there will be a good harvest, there will be a bad harvest, there will be security, there will be danger, there will be sickness, there will be health, palmistry, calculation, numerology, poetry, lo ...or body-charms. From such low arts, from such wrong livelihood, he abstains. This is part of his virtue. 210. Just as some worthy recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, maintain their livelihood by such low arts, by such wrong livelihood, that is to say: invoking, sending away, sealing, unsealing, scattering, un-scattering, making fortunate, making unfortunate, causing miscarriage, binding the tongue, locking the jaw, hand-whispering, jaw-whispering, ear-whispering, mirror-questions, maiden-questions, god-questions, sun-worship, great-worship, fire-making, invoking fortune, and so on— from such low arts, from such wrong livelihood, he abstains. This is part of his virtue. 211. Just as some worthy recluses and brahmins, having eaten food offered by faith, maintain their livelihood by such low arts, by such wrong livelihood, that is to say: peace-charms, wish-charms, ghost-work, earth-work, rain-making, stopping rain, house-charms, house-blessing, mouth-rinsing, ritual bathing, sacrificial offerings, emetics, purgatives, upward purging, downward purging, head-purging, ear-oil, eye-treatment, nasal treatment, eye-ointment, counter-ointment, surgery with probes, general surgery, child-medicine, administering root-medicines, dispensing of herbs, and so on— from such low arts, from such wrong livelihood, he abstains. This is part of his virtue. 212. That bhikkhu, O great king, thus endowed with virtue, sees no danger from any quarter, as far as the restraint of virtue is concerned. Just as, O great king, a king, a warrior, anointed, having crushed his enemies, sees no danger from any quarter, as far as enemies are concerned; even so, O great king, a bhikkhu thus endowed with virtue, sees no danger from any quarter, as far as the restraint of virtue is concerned. He, endowed with this noble aggregate of virtue... he experiences blameless happiness within himself. Thus, O great king, is a monk endowed with virtue. The Great Virtue is completed. Restraint of the Senses 213. “And how, O great king, is a monk guarded in his sense faculties? Here, O great king, having seen a form with the eye, a monk does not grasp at its general appearance or its details. Because of that through which, if the eye faculty were unrestrained, covetousness and distress, evil unwholesome states, might flow in, he practices for its restraint, he guards the eye faculty, he undertakes restraint of the eye faculty. Having heard a sound with the ear... having smelled an odor with the nose... having tasted a flavor with the tongue...