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Suffering from son's death... Suffering from daughter's death... Suffering from loss of relatives... Suffering from loss of wealth... Suffering from loss due to illness... Suffering from loss of virtue... Suffering from loss of right view follows, attends, is inherent. From that, suffering follows him. Like water into a broken boat. Just as into a broken boat, from every side water follows, attends, is inherent, from the front, water follows, attends, is inherent, from the back... from below... from the sides, water follows, attends, is inherent; even so, from every danger, suffering follows, attends, is inherent for that person, the suffering of birth follows, attends, is inherent... ... the suffering from loss of right view follows, attends, is inherent. like water in a broken boat. Therefore, the Blessed One said: "The weak are overpowered, they are crushed by dangers; Then suffering follows them, like water in a broken boat." 6. Therefore, a being, ever mindful, should avoid sensual pleasures; Abandoning them, he crosses the flood, like one who has reached the other shore by boat. "Therefore, a being, ever mindful." "Therefore" means: for that reason, for that cause, for that condition, for that origin, seeing this danger in sensual pleasures—therefore. "A being" means: a creature, a man, a human, a person, an individual, a living being, a sentient being, a human being, a man. "Ever" means: always, at all times, at all seasons, constantly, perpetually, continuously, incessantly, without interruption, in an unbroken stream, like waves of water, with an unbroken succession of contacts, before meals, after meals, in the first watch, in the middle watch, in the last watch, in the dark half, in the bright half, in the rainy season, in winter, in summer, in the first stage of life, in the middle stage of life, in the last stage of life. "Mindful" means: mindful for four reasons—mindful by developing the establishment of mindfulness on the body in the body, mindful on feelings... on consciousness... mindful by developing the establishment of mindfulness on phenomena in phenomena. Mindful for other four reasons... (and so on)... he is called mindful—therefore, a being, ever mindful. "Should avoid sensual pleasures." "Sensual pleasures" are, in summary, of two kinds: material sensual pleasures and defilement sensual pleasures... (and so on)... these are called material sensual pleasures... (and so on)... these are called defilement sensual pleasures. "Should avoid sensual pleasures" means: he should avoid sensual pleasures for two reasons—either by suppression or by eradication. How does he avoid sensual pleasures by suppression? Seeing "sensual pleasures are like a skeleton, in the sense of having little gratification," he avoids sensual pleasures by suppression; seeing "sensual pleasures are like a piece of flesh, in the sense of being much shared," he avoids sensual pleasures by suppression; seeing "sensual pleasures are like a grass torch, in the sense of burning up," he avoids sensual pleasures by suppression... (and so on)... developing the attainment of neither perception nor non-perception, he avoids sensual pleasures by suppression. Thus, by suppression, sensual pleasures... should avoid them… thus, completely cut off, should avoid sensual pleasures – should avoid sensual pleasures. Having abandoned them, he crosses the flood. 'Them' means: having fully understood material sensual pleasures, having abandoned, given up, removed, made an end of, brought to naught defiling sensual pleasures; having abandoned, given up, removed, made an end of, brought to naught the hindrance of sensual desire; the hindrance of ill-will… the hindrance of sloth and torpor… the hindrance of restlessness and remorse… having abandoned, given up, removed, made an end of, brought to naught the hindrance of doubt; he should cross, go beyond, pass over, overcome, transcend the flood of sensuality, the flood of becoming, the flood of views, the flood of ignorance – Having abandoned them, he crosses the flood. Having bailed out the boat, one reaches the other shore. Just as, having bailed out, emptied, thrown out the heavy water from a heavy boat, one would quickly, swiftly, without much difficulty reach the other shore with a light boat; even so, having fully understood material sensual pleasures, having abandoned, given up, removed, made an end of, brought to naught defiling sensual pleasures; the hindrance of sensual desire… the hindrance of ill-will… the hindrance of sloth and torpor… the hindrance of restlessness and remorse… having abandoned, given up, removed, made an end of, brought to naught the hindrance of doubt; one would quickly, swiftly, without much difficulty reach the other shore. The other shore is called the Deathless, Nibbāna. That which is the calming of all formations, the relinquishing of all attachments, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna. 'Should reach the other shore' means should attain the other shore, should touch the other shore, should realize the other shore. 'One who has reached the other shore' means: whoever desires to go to the other shore is one who has reached the other shore; whoever goes to the other shore is one who has reached the other shore; whoever has gone to the other shore is one who has reached the other shore. This was also said by the Blessed One – "Having crossed, having gone to the other shore, he stands on dry land, the brahmin." 'Brahmin', monks, is indeed a designation for an Arahant. He is one who has reached the other shore of direct knowledge, one who has reached the other shore of full understanding, one who has reached the other shore of abandoning, one who has reached the other shore of development, one who has reached the other shore of realization, one who has reached the other shore of attainments. One who has reached the other shore of direct knowledge of all phenomena. He, the one who has reached the far shore of full understanding of all suffering, the one who has reached the far shore of abandoning all defilements, the one who has reached the far shore of developing the four noble paths, the one who has reached the far shore of realizing cessation, the one who has reached the far shore of all attainments. He has attained mastery, attained the far shore in noble virtue; he has attained mastery, attained the far shore in noble concentration; he has attained mastery, attained the far shore in noble wisdom; he has attained mastery, attained the far shore in noble liberation. He has gone to the far shore, reached the far shore, gone to the end, reached the end, gone to the limit, reached the limit, gone to the boundary, reached the boundary, gone to the conclusion, reached the conclusion, gone to refuge, reached refuge, gone to shelter, reached shelter, gone to protection, reached protection, gone to safety, reached safety, gone to the immutable, reached the immutable, gone to the deathless, reached the deathless, gone to Nibbana, reached Nibbana. He has lived the holy life, completed the course, traveled the path, reached the destination, reached the limit, fulfilled the holy life, attained the highest view, developed the path, abandoned defilements, penetrated the unshakeable, realized cessation. Suffering has been fully understood by him, the origin has been abandoned, the path has been developed, cessation has been realized. What is to be known by direct knowledge has been known by direct knowledge, what is to be fully understood has been fully understood, what is to be abandoned has been abandoned, what is to be developed has been developed, what is to be realized has been realized. He has lifted the cross-bar, his moat is filled in, his bolt is drawn, his bar is removed, he is noble, his banner is lowered, his burden is laid down, he is unbound, he has abandoned the five factors, he is endowed with the six factors, he has one guard, he has four supports, he has cast off individual truths, he has abandoned searching for what is equal or unequal, his resolves are unclouded, his bodily formations are tranquil, his mind is well-liberated, his wisdom is well-liberated, he is complete, he has lived the holy life, he is the highest person, the supreme person, one who has attained the supreme attainment. He neither accumulates nor disaccumulates; having disaccumulated, he stands. He neither abandons nor grasps; having abandoned, he stands. He neither binds nor unbinds; having unbound, he stands. He neither scatters nor gathers; having scattered, he stands. Because he is endowed with the aggregate of unshakeable virtue, he stands. to. He stands endowed with the aggregate of unexcelled concentration… with the aggregate of unexcelled wisdom… with the aggregate of unexcelled liberation… with the aggregate of unexcelled knowledge and vision of liberation. He stands having fully realized the truth. He stands having transcended agitation. He stands having consumed the fire of defilements. He stands without returning. He stands having taken up what is done. He stands devoted to liberation. He stands with purity of loving-kindness. He stands with purity of compassion… with purity of sympathetic joy… with purity of equanimity. He stands with ultimate purity. He stands with purity of non-craving. He stands liberated. He stands contented. He stands at the end of the aggregates. He stands at the end of the elements. He stands at the end of the sense bases. He stands at the end of destinations. He stands at the end of rebirths. He stands at the end of re-linking. (He stands at the end of existence. He stands at the end of transmigration. He stands at the end of the cycle of rebirths. He stands in his final existence.) He stands in his final body. He is an Arahant, bearing his final body. “This is his last existence, this is his final body; The cycle of birth and death, there is no further becoming for him.”