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having developed, having made manifest. Thus, having known that Dhamma. A bhikkhu, discerning, always mindful, trains. Discerning, discerning, thoroughly discerning, weighing, determining, developing, making manifest. "All formations are impermanent" ... (etc.) ... "Whatever is of the nature to arise, all that is of the nature to cease" discerning, thoroughly discerning, weighing, determining, developing, making manifest – a bhikkhu, discerning. "Always" means always, at all times, at every moment ... (etc.) ... in the last period of life. "Mindful" means mindful for four reasons – developing the establishment of mindfulness on the body in the body, mindful ... (etc.) ... he is called mindful. "Trains" means the three trainings – the training in higher virtue, the training in higher mind, the training in higher wisdom ... (etc.) ... this is the training in higher wisdom. Reflecting on these three trainings, one should train ... (etc.) ... should train, should practice, should thoroughly practice, should undertake and live by – a bhikkhu, discerning, always mindful, should train. "Having known peace as Nibbāna." Having known the extinguishment of lust as peace, of hatred ... of delusion ... ... (etc.) ... having known the extinguishment of all unwholesome volitional formations as peace, having known, having weighed, having determined, having developed, having made manifest – having known peace as Nibbāna. "Should not be negligent in Gotama's Dispensation." In Gotama's Dispensation, in the Buddha's Dispensation, in the Conqueror's Dispensation, in the Tathāgata's Dispensation, in the Deva's Dispensation, in the Arahant's Dispensation. "Should not be negligent" means should be one who acts earnestly, one who acts continuously, one who acts persistently, one whose conduct is not lax, one whose desire is not abandoned, one whose burden is not cast off, in wholesome states. "When shall I fulfill the unfulfilled aggregate of virtue ... (etc.) ... the unfulfilled aggregate of concentration ... of wisdom ... of liberation ... of the knowledge and vision of liberation? When shall I fully comprehend suffering that is not fully comprehended, abandon defilements that are not abandoned, develop the path that is not developed, realize cessation that is not realized?" Whatever desire and effort and zeal and exertion and strength and unflaggingness and mindfulness and clear comprehension is there. Ardor, exertion, determination, application, heedfulness in wholesome states— in Gotama's Dispensation, one should not be heedless. Therefore, the Blessed One said: "Having understood this Dhamma, a bhikkhu, ever mindful, should always train, discerning; Knowing peace as Nibbāna, in Gotama's Dispensation, one should not be heedless." 169. He was the vanquisher, unvanquished, he saw the Dhamma directly, not by tradition; Therefore, in the Dispensation of that Blessed One, one should ever train heedfully, revering. "He was the vanquisher, unvanquished." Vanquisher of forms, vanquisher of sounds, vanquisher of odors, vanquisher of tastes, vanquisher of tangible things, vanquisher of mental objects. Unvanquished by any defilements. He vanquished those evil, unwholesome states, defiling, leading to renewed existence, with sorrow, with painful results, in the future leading to birth, aging, and death— thus, "He was the vanquisher, unvanquished." "He saw the Dhamma directly, not by tradition." "Dhamma directly" means not by hearsay, not by tradition, not by lineage, not by scriptural transmission, not by logic, not by reasoning, not by pondering over appearances, not by the acceptance of a view, but he saw, he beheld, he perceived, he penetrated the Dhamma known by himself, directly experienced by himself— thus, "He saw the Dhamma directly, not by tradition." "Therefore, in the Dispensation of that Blessed One." "Therefore" means for that reason, for that cause, for that condition, for that origin. "In the Dispensation of that Blessed One" means in the Dispensation of that Blessed One, in Gotama's Dispensation, in the Buddha's Dispensation, in the Conqueror's Dispensation, in the Tathāgata's Dispensation, in the Deva's Dispensation, in the Arahant's Dispensation— thus, "Therefore, in the Dispensation of that Blessed One." "One should ever train heedfully, revering." "Heedfully" means diligently acting... ...heedfulness in wholesome states. "Ever" means always, at all times... ...in the last period of life. "Revering" means revering with the body, or revering with speech, or revering with mind, or revering by appropriate practice, following the Dhamma... By the fundamental practice, revering, respecting, honoring, esteeming, worshipping, venerating. He trains in the three trainings: the training in higher morality, the training in higher mind, the training in higher wisdom... ...this is the training in higher wisdom. Reflecting upon these three trainings, he should train... ...realizing what is to be realized, he should train, he should practice, he should conduct himself, he should thoroughly conduct himself, he should undertake and abide. "Bhagavā" is a term of reverence... ...a realized designation, that is, "Bhagavā" – the heedful one should always train in reverence. (Thus said the Blessed One). Therefore, the Blessed One said – "For he is the Conqueror, unconquered, he saw the Dhamma directly, not by tradition; Therefore, in the Dispensation of that Blessed One, the heedful one should always train in reverence." (Thus said the Blessed One). The exposition of the Tuvaṭṭaka Sutta, the fourteenth.