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they call one who has abandoned everything. A sage in body, a sage in speech, a sage in mind, without defilements; A sage endowed with sagacity, they call one who has washed away evil. Endowed with these three sagacious qualities are six kinds of sages: household sages, homeless sages, trainee sages, perfected sages, Paccekabuddha sages, and the Sage of sages. Who are the household sages? Those householders who have seen the path, who have understood the teaching – these are the household sages. Who are the homeless sages? Those renunciants who have seen the path, who have understood the teaching – these are the homeless sages. The seven trainees are trainee sages. Arahants are perfected sages. Paccekabuddhas are Paccekabuddha sages. The Sage of sages are called the Tathāgatas, Arahants, Perfectly Self-Enlightened Ones. Not by silence is one a sage, if foolish and ignorant; But one who, like holding a scale, takes the best, is wise. One who avoids evil, that sage, by that, is a sage; One who understands both worlds, by that is called a sage. Having known the Dhamma of the unreal and the real, within and without, in all the world; One who is honored by gods and humans, having overcome the net of attachment, that one is a sage. There are two stains: the stain of craving and the stain of views. ... This is the stain of craving. ... This is the stain of views. A sage, having abandoned the stain of craving... Having abandoned the defilement of views, he is not stained, not defiled, not smeared by attachments. Unstained, undefiled, unsmeared, he is gone forth, released, freed, disjoined, and dwells with a mind that has transcended boundaries. Thus, the sage is not stained by attachments. "Wandering, with the dart pulled out, unremitting." "Dart" refers to seven darts: the dart of lust, the dart of hatred, the dart of delusion, the dart of conceit, the dart of views, the dart of sorrow, the dart of doubt. For whom these darts are abandoned, uprooted, calmed, pacified, incapable of future arising, burnt by the fire of knowledge, he is called "with the dart pulled out," "with the dart removed," "with the dart extracted," "with the dart uprooted," "with the dart torn out," "with the dart completely torn out," "with the dart cast off," "with the dart vomited," "with the dart released," "with the dart abandoned," "with the dart relinquished," extinguished, cooled, become cool, experiencing happiness, he dwells with a self that has become Brahma. Thus, "with the dart pulled out." "Wandering" means moving about, dwelling, acting, behaving, maintaining, sustaining, living. "Unremitting" means diligent in action, persistent in action, steadfast in action, of unflagging conduct, of unabandoned desire, of unabandoned burden in wholesome states. "How may I fulfill an unfulfilled aggregate of virtue, or having fulfilled an aggregate of virtue, support it with wisdom here and there?" That desire, and effort, and zeal, and exertion, and indefatigability, and mindfulness, and clear comprehension, and ardour, and striving, and resolution, and application, and heedfulness in wholesome states. "How may I fulfill an unfulfilled aggregate of concentration, or having fulfilled an aggregate of concentration, support it with wisdom here and there?" ...and so on... in wholesome states. "How may I fulfill an unfulfilled aggregate of wisdom... the aggregate of liberation... the aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation, or having fulfilled the aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation, support it with wisdom here and there?" That desire, and effort, and zeal, and exertion, and indefatigability, and s Mindfulness and clear comprehension, ardour, effort, determination, application, heedfulness in wholesome states. "How shall I fully understand suffering not yet fully understood, or abandon defilements not yet abandoned, or develop the path not yet developed, or realize cessation not yet realized?" That which there is zeal and effort and energy and exertion and unflaggingness, and mindfulness and clear comprehension, ardour, effort, determination, application, heedfulness in wholesome states – with dart extracted, living heedfully. He does not long for this world or the next: He does not long for this world, his own self-existence; He does not long for the next world, another's self-existence; He does not long for this world, his own form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness; He does not long for the next world, another's form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness; He does not long for this world, the six internal sense bases; He does not long for the next world, the six external sense bases; He does not long for this world, the human world; He does not long for the next world, the divine world. He does not long for this world, the sense-sphere realm; He does not long for the next world, the form realm, the formless realm; He does not long for this world, the sense-sphere realm, the form realm; He does not long for the next world, the formless realm. Furthermore, a destination, or a rebirth, or a re-linking, or existence, or transmigration, or the round of rebirths – he does not long for, does not wish for, does not delight in, does not aspire to, does not yearn for, does not crave for. Thus, he does not long for this world or the next. Therefore the Blessed One said: "Having fully understood perception, he would cross the flood, the sage, unattached to possessions; with dart extracted, living heedfully, he does not long for this world or the next." The Explanation of the Guhaṭṭhaka Sutta, the Second.