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not clinging to robes, not clinging to almsfood, not clinging to lodging, not clinging to requisites for the sick, not clinging to the sense-sphere, not clinging to the form-sphere, not clinging to the formless-sphere, not clinging to sense-sphere existence, not clinging to form-sphere existence, not clinging to formless-sphere existence, not clinging to existence of perception, not clinging to existence of non-perception, not clinging to existence of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, not clinging to one-constituent existence, not clinging to four-constituent existence, not clinging to five-constituent existence, not clinging to the past, not clinging to the future, not clinging to the present, not clinging to things seen, heard, sensed, or cognized, not attached, not infatuated, not engrossed, free from clinging, gone beyond clinging, abandoned clinging, vomited clinging, released from clinging, forsaken clinging, relinquished clinging, free from lust, gone beyond lust, abandoned lust, vomited lust, released from lust, forsaken lust, relinquished lust, unthirsting, unagitated, cooled, experiencing pleasure, dwelling with a self become divine – by fully understanding contact, not clinging. What one blames oneself for, that one does not do. "What" means that which. "Blames oneself" means one blames oneself for two reasons – for what has been done and for what has not been done. How does one blame oneself for what has been done and for what has not been done? "I have done bodily misconduct, I have not done bodily good conduct" – thus one blames oneself. "I have done verbal misconduct, I have not done verbal good conduct" – blames oneself. My mental misconduct has been done, My mental good conduct has not been done – blames oneself. My killing of living beings has been done, My abstaining from killing living beings has not been done – blames oneself. My taking what is not given has been done, My abstaining from taking what is not given has not been done – blames oneself. My sexual misconduct has been done, My abstaining from sexual misconduct has not been done – blames oneself. My false speech has been done, My abstaining from false speech has not been done – blames oneself. My divisive speech has been done, My abstaining from divisive speech has not been done – blames oneself. My harsh speech has been done, My abstaining from harsh speech has not been done – blames oneself. My idle chatter has been done, My abstaining from idle chatter has not been done – blames oneself. My covetousness has been done, My non-covetousness has not been done – blames oneself. My ill-will has been done, My non-ill-will has not been done – blames oneself. My wrong view has been done, My right view has not been done – blames oneself. Thus, by what has been done and what has not been done, blames oneself. Or else, "I have not been a perfect doer in terms of moral conduct" – blames oneself. "I have not guarded the doors of my senses" – blames oneself. "I have not known moderation in food" – blames oneself. "I have not been devoted to wakefulness" – blames oneself. "I have not been endowed with mindfulness and clear comprehension" – blames oneself. "My four foundations of mindfulness have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My four right exertions have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My four bases of spiritual power have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My five faculties have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My five powers have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My seven factors of enlightenment have not been developed" – blames oneself. "My Noble Eightfold Path has not been developed" – blames oneself. "Suffering has not been fully understood by me" – blames oneself. "The origin has not been abandoned by me" – blames oneself. "The path has not been developed by me" – blames oneself. "My cessation is not realized"— he blames himself. Because of what is done and not done, he blames himself. "Not doing, not generating, not producing, not bringing forth, not causing to arise that action for which one blames oneself"— that which is self-reproachable, not doing that. "The wise one is not stained by what is seen and heard." Stain means two stains: the stain of craving and the stain of views. ...This is the stain of craving... ...This is the stain of views. Wise means learned, discerning, intelligent, knowing, understanding, sagacious. The wise one, having abandoned the stain of craving, having relinquished the stain of views, is not stained by what is seen, is not stained by what is heard, is not stained by what is sensed, is not stained by what is cognized, is not defiled, is not tainted. Unstained, undefiled, untouched, gone forth, released, liberated, disjoined, he dwells with a mind free from boundaries. Thus, "the wise one is not stained by what is seen and heard." Therefore, the Blessed One said: "Having removed desire for both extremes, having fully understood contact, not clinging; Not doing that for which one blames oneself, the wise one is not stained by what is seen and heard." 14. Having fully understood perception, he would cross the flood, the sage, not defiled by attachments; Having pulled out the dart, dwelling heedfully, he does not long for this world or the next. "Having fully understood perception, he would cross the flood." Perception means: perception of sensual desire, perception of ill-will, perception of harm, perception of renunciation, perception of non-ill-will, perception of non-harm, perception of forms, perception of sounds, perception of odors, perception of tastes, perception of tangibles, perception of mental phenomena— whatever such perception, cognition, the state of having cognized— this is called perception. "Having fully understood perception" means having fully understood perception with three full understandings: the full understanding of knowing, the full understanding of scrutinizing, the full understanding of abandoning. What is the full understanding of knowing? He knows perception: "This is perception of sensual desire, this is perception of ill-will, this is perception of harm, this is perception of renunciation, this is perception of non-ill-will, this is perception of non-harm, this is perception of forms, this is perception of sounds, this is perception of odors, this is perception of tastes, this is perception of tangibles, Perception, "This is a perception of phenomena," he knows, he sees – this is the full understanding of knowing. What is the full understanding of scrutinizing? Having thus known, he scrutinizes perception. As impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as an affliction, as an ailment, as alien, as disintegrating, as a calamity, as a misfortune, as a terror, as an obstacle, as trembling, as breaking up... as arising, as passing away, as gratification, as danger, as escape, he scrutinizes. This is the full understanding of scrutinizing. What is the full understanding of abandoning? Having thus scrutinized, he abandons, dispels, brings to an end the desire-passion for perception. And this was said by the Blessed One: "Whatever desire-passion there is for perception, monks, that you should abandon. Thus that perception will be abandoned, uprooted, made like a palm-stump, brought to an end, not liable to arise in the future." This is the full understanding of abandoning. "Perception fully understood" means having fully understood perception by these three full understandings. "He would cross the flood" means he would cross, overcome, pass over, transcend, go beyond the flood of sensuality, the flood of becoming, the flood of views, the flood of ignorance. Having fully understood perception, he would cross the flood. "The sage, having grasped, is not defiled." "Grasping" means two graspings: the grasping of craving and the grasping of views... this is the grasping of craving... this is the grasping of views. "Sage" means: Silence is called knowledge. That wisdom, understanding... non-delusion, investigation of phenomena, right view, the sage endowed with that knowledge has attained silence. There are three kinds of sagely conduct: sagely conduct of body, sagely conduct of speech, sagely conduct of mind. What is sagely conduct of body? The abandoning of three kinds of bodily misconduct is sagely conduct of body, three kinds of bodily good conduct is sagely conduct of body, knowledge regarding bodily objects is sagely conduct of body, full understanding of the body is sagely conduct of body, the path accompanied by full understanding is sagely conduct of body, the abandoning of desire-passion for the body is sagely conduct of body, the cessation of bodily formations, the attainment of the fourth jhana, is sagely conduct of body – this is sagely conduct of body. What is sagely conduct of speech? The abandoning of four kinds of verbal misconduct is sagely conduct of speech, four kinds of verbal good conduct is sagely conduct of speech, speech-related... Knowledge regarding the object, is verbal sagacity. Full understanding of speech is verbal sagacity. The path accompanied by full understanding is verbal sagacity. Abandoning desire and lust for speech is verbal sagacity. The cessation of verbal formations, the attainment of the second jhana, is verbal sagacity. This is verbal sagacity. What is mental sagacity? Abandoning the three kinds of mental misconduct is mental sagacity. The three kinds of mental good conduct is mental sagacity. Knowledge regarding the object of mind is mental sagacity. Full understanding of mind is mental sagacity. The path accompanied by full understanding is mental sagacity. Abandoning desire and lust for mind is mental sagacity. The cessation of mental formations, the cessation of perception and feeling, is mental sagacity. This is mental sagacity. A sage in body, a sage in speech, a sage in mind, without defilements; A sage endowed with sagacity,