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The Chapter on the Beloved 209. Joining oneself to what is not proper, and not joining to what is proper, abandoning the goal, grasping at what is dear, one envies those who apply themselves. 210. Do not associate with the beloved, nor ever with the unloved. Not seeing the beloved is suffering, and seeing the unloved is suffering. 211. Therefore, do not make anything beloved, for separation from the beloved is painful. No fetters exist for those for whom there is no beloved or unloved. 212. From the beloved arises sorrow, from the beloved arises fear. For one freed from the beloved, there is no sorrow, how then fear? 213. From affection arises sorrow, from affection arises fear. For one freed from affection, there is no sorrow, how then fear? 214. From delight arises sorrow, from delight arises fear. For one freed from delight, there is no sorrow, how then fear? 215. From sensual desire arises sorrow, from sensual desire arises fear. For one freed from sensual desire, there is no sorrow, how then fear? 216. From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear. For one freed from craving, there is no sorrow, how then fear? 217. Endowed with virtue and insight, established in Dhamma, knowing the truth, doing one's own duty, such a one people hold dear. 218. One who has arisen desire for the unconditioned, and whose mind is pervaded (by it), and whose mind is not bound by sensual pleasures, is called 'one who goes upstream'. 219. A man long absent, safely returned from afar, his relatives, friends, and well-wishers rejoice at his arrival. 220. Likewise, one who has done good deeds, gone from this world to the next, his good deeds receive him, as relatives welcome a dear one who has arrived. The Chapter on the Beloved, the Sixteenth, is finished.