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to the realm of neither perception nor non-perception... to the one-constituent existence... to the four-constituent existence... to the five-constituent existence... to the past... to the future... to the present... to what is seen... to what is heard... to what is sensed... to what is cognized... unattached to all phenomena, unadhering, unapproaching, unobsessed, uncommitted, gone forth, released, completely freed, disjoined, he dwells with a boundless mind – thus, the sage is unattached everywhere. He makes no dear, nor makes he un-dear. "Dear" means two kinds of dear – beings or formations. Which beings are dear? Here, for whom they are welfare-seeking, benefit-seeking, comfort-seeking, security-seeking – mother or father, brother or sister, sons or daughters, friends or associates, relatives or blood-relations – these beings are dear. Which formations are dear? Agreeable forms, agreeable sounds, agreeable odors, agreeable tastes, agreeable tangibles – these formations are dear. "Un-dear" means two kinds of un-dear – beings or formations. Which beings are un-dear? Here, for whom they are non-welfare-seeking, non-benefit-seeking, discomfort-seeking, insecurity-seeking... Desiring to take life – these beings are disliked. Which formations are disliked? Displeasing forms, displeasing sounds, displeasing smells, displeasing tastes, displeasing touches – these formations are disliked. He does not make what is liked, nor what is disliked. "This being is dear to me, and these formations are pleasing" – he does not make what is liked out of lust. "This being is disliked by me, and these formations are displeasing" – he does not make what is disliked out of aversion, does not generate, does not produce, does not bring forth, does not manifest – he does not make what is liked, nor what is disliked. Lamentation and avarice do not cling to him, just as water does not cling to a leaf. "To him" means to that person, the Arahant, whose defilements are destroyed. "Lamentation" means: when afflicted by loss of relatives, or afflicted by loss of wealth, or afflicted by loss due to illness, or afflicted by loss of virtue, or afflicted by loss of view, or endowed with any other loss, or afflicted by any other painful phenomenon – wailing, lamenting, crying out, grieving, the state of having wailed, the state of having lamented, speech, babbling, chattering, raving, the act of raving, the state of having raved. "Avarice" means the five kinds of avarice: avarice regarding dwelling, avarice regarding family, avarice regarding gain, avarice regarding praise, avarice regarding the Dhamma. Whatever such avarice, miserliness, the state of being miserly, stinginess, meanness, bitter grasping, the mind's non-acceptance – this is called avarice. Furthermore, avarice regarding aggregates is avarice, avarice regarding elements is avarice, avarice regarding sense bases is avarice, grasping – this is called avarice. "Just as water does not cling to a leaf." "Leaf" is called a lotus leaf. "Water" is called water. Just as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, does not adhere, does not stick, is unattached, unadhered, unstuck – even so, to that person, the Arahant, whose defilements are destroyed, lamentation and avarice do not cling, do not adhere, do not stick, are unattached. unsoiled, unbesmirched, unattached. And that person, the Arahant, by those defilements does not cling, does not besmirch, does not attach; unsoiled, unbesmirched, unattached; gone forth, released, liberated, disjoined, dwelling with an unbounded mind. In him, lamentation and stinginess, like water on a leaf, does not cling. Therefore the Blessed One said: "Everywhere the sage is unattached, he does not make what is dear nor what is not dear; In him, lamentation and stinginess, like water on a leaf, does not cling." 47. As a drop of water on a lotus leaf, as water on a lotus does not cling; So the sage does not cling, to what is seen, heard, or sensed. "As a drop of water on a lotus leaf." A drop of water is called a water-drop. A lotus leaf is called a lotus-petal. Just as a drop of water on a lotus leaf does not cling, does not besmirch, does not attach; unsoiled, unbesmirched, unattached – "as a drop of water on a lotus leaf." "As water on a lotus does not cling." A lotus is called a lotus-flower. Water is called water. Just as water on a lotus-flower does not cling, does not besmirch, does not attach; unsoiled, unbesmirched, unattached – "as water on a lotus does not cling." "So the sage does not cling, to what is seen, heard, or sensed." "So" is a presentation of the simile. "Sage." Sagehood is called knowledge... ...that sage has gone beyond the net of attachment. "Clinging" means two clingings – the clinging of craving and the clinging of views... ...this is the clinging of craving... ...this is the clinging of views. The sage, having abandoned the clinging of craving, having relinquished the clinging of views, does not cling to what is seen, does not cling to what is heard, does not cling to what is sensed, does not cling to what is cognized; is not soiled, not besmirched, not attached; unsoiled, unbesmirched, unattached; gone forth, released, liberated, disjoined, dwelling with an unbounded mind. "So the sage does not cling, to what is seen, heard, or sensed." Therefore the Blessed One said: "As a drop of water on a lotus leaf, as water on a lotus does not cling." Thus the sage is not defiled, by what is seen, heard, or sensed. The Purified One does not conceive by that, by what is seen, heard, or sensed; He does not seek purity through another, nor is he attached, nor unattached. The Purified One does not conceive by that, by what is seen, heard, or sensed. Dhona, it is said, is wisdom. That wisdom is understanding... non-delusion, investigation of phenomena, right view. For what reason is wisdom called Dhona? By that wisdom, bodily misconduct is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. Verbal misconduct... mental misconduct is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. Lust is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. Hatred, delusion, anger, resentment, hypocrisy, insolence, envy, avarice, deceit, craftiness, stubbornness, arrogance, conceit, excessive pride, intoxication, heedlessness— all defilements, all misconducts, all anxieties, all fevers, all torments, all unwholesome volitional formations are shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. For that reason, wisdom is called Dhona. Or alternatively, by right view, wrong view is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right intention, wrong intention is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right speech, wrong speech is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right action, wrong action is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right livelihood, wrong livelihood is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right effort, wrong effort is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right mindfulness, wrong mindfulness is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right concentration, wrong concentration is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right knowledge, wrong knowledge is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. By right liberation, wrong liberation is shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. Or alternatively, by the Noble Eightfold Path, all defilements, all misconducts, all anxieties, all fevers, all torments, all unwholesome volitional formations are shaken off, washed, thoroughly washed, completely washed. An Arahant is endowed, fully endowed, attained, fully attained, established, fully established, possessed of these Dhona qualities. Therefore, the Arahant is 'Dhono'. He is one who has shaken off lust, shaken off evil, shaken off defilements, shaken off distress – 'Dhono'. Dhono does not conceive by that, which is in things seen, heard, or sensed. Dhono does not conceive the seen, does not conceive in the seen, does not conceive from the seen, does not conceive 'the seen is mine'; does not conceive the heard, does not conceive in the heard, does not conceive from the heard, does not conceive 'the heard is mine'; does not conceive the sensed, does not conceive in the sensed, does not conceive from the sensed, does not conceive 'the sensed is mine'; does not conceive the cognized, does not conceive in the cognized, does not conceive from the cognized, does not conceive 'the cognized is mine'. This was also said by the Blessed One – "To conceive 'I am,' monks, is a conception; to conceive 'I am this,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall not be,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be with form,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be without form,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be percipient,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be non-percipient,' is a conception; to conceive 'I shall be neither percipient nor non-percipient,' is a conception. Conception, monks, is a disease; conception is a boil; conception is a dart; conception is an affliction. Therefore, monks, you should train yourselves thus: ‘We shall dwell with a mind that does not conceive.’" – Dhono does not conceive by that, which is in things seen, heard, or sensed. He does not desire purity by other means. Dhono does not desire, does not approve, does not long for, does not yearn for, does not crave for purity, purification, complete purification, release, liberation, complete liberation by another impure path, by wrong practice, by a non-leading way, apart from the foundations of mindfulness, apart from the right exertions, apart from the bases of psychic power, apart from the faculties, apart from the powers, apart from the factors of enlightenment, apart from the Noble Eightfold Path –