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one should be endowed with the Noble Eightfold Path – that is "one should be truthful." "Not arrogant" means three kinds of arrogance: bodily arrogance, verbal arrogance, mental arrogance... ...this is mental arrogance. In whom these three arrogances are abandoned, uprooted, calmed, pacified, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge, he is called "not arrogant" – "One should be truthful, not arrogant." "Without deceit, free from slander" means: Deceit is called cunning conduct. Here, someone, having done wrong conduct by body, having done wrong conduct by speech, having done wrong conduct by mind, for the sake of concealing it, forms an evil wish: "May they not know me," he wishes; "May they not know me," he resolves; "May they not know me," he speaks; "May they not know me," he strives with his body. Such deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, trickery, dishonesty, concealment, hiding, covering, obscuring, non-disclosure, non-revelation, suppression, evil action – this is called deceit. In whom this deceit is abandoned, uprooted, calmed, pacified, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge, he is called "without deceit." "Free from slander" means slander. Here, someone is a slanderer... ...thus, with the intention of causing division, he brings about slander. In whom this slander is abandoned, uprooted, calmed, pacified, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge, he is called "free from slander," "separated from slander," "completely separated from slander" – that is "without deceit, free from slander." "Without anger, evil greed, the sage should overcome doubt" means: "Without anger" has indeed been said, but anger, however... to be given up. Anger arises from ten aspects. “He did me harm,” anger arises… …he whose anger is abandoned, uprooted, calmed, tranquilized, incapable of arising again, burned by the fire of knowledge, he is called one without anger. Because anger is abandoned, he is without anger. Because the basis of anger is fully understood, he is without anger. Because the cause of anger is cut off, he is without anger. Greed is that greed, coveting, being covetous… …avarice is greed, a root of unwholesomeness. Doubt is called the five kinds of stinginess – stinginess regarding dwellings… …grasping is called stinginess. Muni means. Mona is called knowledge… …having crossed the net of attachment, he is a muni. “Without anger, the evil of greed, the muni overcomes doubt.” The muni crossed, went beyond, transcended, surmounted, passed over, went beyond the evil of greed and doubt – “Without anger, the evil of greed, the muni overcomes doubt.” Therefore, the Blessed One said: “He should be truthful, not arrogant, without deceit, free from slander; Without anger, the evil of greed, the muni overcomes doubt.” 177. He should endure sleep and sloth, not dwell with heedlessness; He should not stand in conceit, a man with mind set on Nibbāna. “He should endure sleep and sloth.” Sleep is the body’s unfitness, unsuitability, heaviness, oppressiveness, internal obstruction, torpor, slumber, drowsiness, sleep, sleeping, being asleep. Sloth is that sloth, being slothful, being slothful, sluggishness, laziness, being lazy, being lazy. Sloth is the mind’s unfitness, unsuitability, drooping, shrinking, being sluggish, sluggishness, being sluggish, sloth, being slothful, being slothful of the mind. “He should endure sleep and sloth.” He should endure, bear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, destroy, crush sleep, sloth, and torpor – “He should endure sleep and sloth.” “Not dwell with heedlessness.” Heedlessness is to be described as misconduct of body, or misconduct of speech, or misconduct of mind, or in the five sense pleasures. The mind's letting go, letting go Non-arising of heaven, or for the development of wholesome states, non-doing with respect, non-doing continuously, non-doing persistently, sluggish conduct, abandoned desire, abandoned burden, non-cultivation, non-development, non-making much of, non-determination, non-application: this is heedlessness. Whatever such heedlessness, heedlessness, the state of being heedless – this is called heedlessness. With heedlessness, one should not dwell. With heedlessness, one should not live, not dwell, not reside, not abide. Heedlessness one should abandon, dispel, make an end of, bring to non-existence. From heedlessness one should be aloof, abstained, completely abstained, gone forth, escaped, fully liberated, disjoined. One should dwell with a mind that has transcended boundaries – with heedlessness, one should not dwell. One should stand with conceit. What is conceit? Here, some person despises another by birth, or by clan, or by some other thing. Whatever such pride, conceiving, the state of being conceited, elevation, uplift, banner, grasping, the mind's desire for a flag – this is called conceit. In conceit, one should not stand. In conceit, one should not stand, not remain. Conceit one should abandon, dispel, make an end of, bring to non-existence. From conceit one should be aloof, abstained, completely abstained, gone forth, escaped, fully liberated, disjoined. One should dwell with a mind that has transcended boundaries – in conceit, one should not stand. A person whose mind is on Nibbana. Here, some person, giving alms, undertaking precepts, performing Uposatha duties, offering drinks and food, sweeping the monastery, venerating a shrine, placing scents and garlands on a shrine, circumambulating a shrine, whatever wholesome volitional formations in the three realms he forms, not as a cause for a destination, not as a cause for rebirth, not as a cause for re-linking, not as a cause for existence, not as a cause for wandering-on, not as a cause for the cycle. All that he forms with the intention of disjunction, inclining towards Nibbana, tending towards Nibbana, leaning towards Nibbana. Thus, a person whose mind is on Nibbana. Or, in the element of all formations... Having turned back the mind, he directs his mind to the deathless element – "This is peaceful, this is sublime, namely, the calming of all formations, the relinquishing of all attachments, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna." Such is a person whose mind is set on Nibbāna. The wise, not for the sake of attachment-happiness, give gifts for renewed existence; But rather, they for the exhaustion of attachments, give gifts for non-renewed existence. The wise, not for the sake of attachment-happiness, develop meditations for renewed existence; But rather, they for the exhaustion of attachments, develop meditation for non-renewed existence. They, desiring liberation, give, with minds inclined to it, devoted to it; Just as rivers reach the midst of the ocean, they become those whose ultimate goal is Nibbāna. A person whose mind is set on Nibbāna. Therefore the Blessed One said – He should endure sleep, sloth, and torpor, he should not dwell in heedlessness; He should not stand in conceit, a person whose mind is set on Nibbāna. 178. He should not be led by false speech, he should not make affection for forms; And he should fully understand conceit, he should walk abstaining from violence. "He should not be led by false speech" means: False speech is called lying. Here, someone, having gone to an assembly, or a gathering, or among relatives, or among a crowd, or among a royal court, is brought forward and questioned as a witness – "Come, good man, speak what you know," he, not knowing, says – "I know," or knowing, says – "I do not know," or not seeing, says – "I see," or seeing, says – "I do not see." Thus, for one's own sake, or for another's sake, or for the sake of some trifling gain, a deliberate lie is spoken – this is called false speech. Moreover, in three ways... (etc.)... in four ways... in five ways... in six ways... in seven ways... in eight ways... (etc.)... in these eight ways, there is lying. "He should not be led by false speech" means: He should not go, should not be led, should not be carried away by false speech. Should not gather, should abandon false speech, should dispel, should make an end of, should bring to non-existence. From false speech, one should be far, abstained, completely abstained, departed, gone forth, fully liberated, disjoined. One should dwell with an unbounded mind – should not engage in false speech. Should not make affection for forms. Form means the four great elements, and form derived from the four great elements. Should not make affection for forms. For forms, one should not make affection, should not make desire, should not make love, should not make passion, should not generate, should not produce, should not bring forth, should not give rise to – should not make affection for forms. And should fully understand conceit. Conceit means conceit of one kind – that which is the elevation of mind. Conceit of two kinds – conceit of self-praise, conceit of disparaging others. Conceit of three kinds – the conceit "I am superior," the conceit "I am equal," the conceit "I am inferior." Conceit of four kinds – generates conceit through gain, generates conceit through fame, generates conceit through praise, generates conceit through pleasure. Conceit of five kinds – generates conceit with "I am an obtainer of agreeable forms," generates conceit with "I am an obtainer of agreeable sounds... ...scents... tastes... tangible objects." Conceit of six kinds – generates conceit through perfection of sight, through perfection of hearing... ...smell... taste... body... mind. Conceit of seven kinds – excessive conceit, conceit of conceit, inferiority conceit, equality conceit, superiority conceit, "I am" conceit, wrong conceit. Conceit of eight kinds – generates conceit through gain, generates inferiority conceit through loss, generates conceit through fame, generates inferiority conceit through disrepute, generates conceit through praise,