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By giving up a small pleasure, if one sees a great pleasure. The wise one should abandon a small pleasure, seeing a great pleasure. By inflicting suffering on others, if one desires one's own happiness; entangled in the entanglement of enmity, one is not freed from enmity. What should be done is neglected, but what should not be done is done. For those who are arrogant and heedless, their defilements increase. And for those who have well-commenced, constant mindfulness of the body; they do not engage in what should not be done, they are constantly diligent in what should be done; For those who are mindful and clearly comprehending, their defilements come to an end. Having slain mother and father, and two warrior kings, having slain the kingdom with its retinue, the brahmin goes without distress. Having slain mother and father, and two brahmin kings, having slain the fifth, the tiger, the brahmin goes without distress. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, mindfulness is constantly directed to the Buddha. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, mindfulness is constantly directed to the Dhamma. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, mindfulness is constantly directed to the Saṅgha. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, mindfulness is constantly directed to the body. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, the mind delights in non-violence. They awaken well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always; for whom by day and by night, the mind delights in development. Difficult is renunciation, difficult to delight in; difficult are homes, painful; painful is association with those not equal; painful is the path of a wanderer followed by suffering; Therefore, one should not be a wanderer, nor one followed by suffering. One who is faithful, endowed with virtue, possessed of fame and wealth; Wherever he goes... By birth, he is honored in every place. 304. Far away, good people shine, Like the Himalayan mountain; Bad people here are not seen, Like arrows shot at night. 305. Alone in sitting, Alone in lying down, Alone he walks untiringly; Alone taming himself, He would delight in the forest's edge. The Twenty-first Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters is finished.