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Here, some evil-wisher, overcome by desire, with the intention of being esteemed, "Thus will people esteem me," arranges his walking, arranges his standing, arranges his sitting, arranges his lying down. He walks with intention, he stands with intention, he sits with intention, he lies down with intention. He walks as if composed, he stands as if composed, He stands as if composed, he sits as if composed, he arranges his bed, he becomes like one meditating for show. Whatever such setting up, establishing, arranging of posture, frowning, deceit, deceiving, and the state of being deceitful – this is the basis of deceit called 'posture'. What is the basis of deceit called 'flattering talk'? Here someone of evil wishes, overcome by desire, with the intention of being esteemed, "Thus people will esteem me," speaks words connected with the Noble Dhamma. "Whoever wears such a robe, that monk is mighty," he says; whoever carries such an alms-bowl, carries a metal plate, carries a Dhamma-implement, carries a water-strainer, carries a key, wears sandals, wears a waist-band, wears a shoulder-strap, that monk is mighty," he says; "Whoever has such a preceptor, that monk is mighty," he says; whoever has such a teacher, such co-preceptors, co-teachers, friends, acquaintances, close associates, companions, that monk is mighty," he says; whoever dwells in such a monastery, dwells in a half-cell, dwells in a palace, dwells in a mansion, dwells in a cave, dwells in a rock-shelter, dwells in a hut, dwells in a gabled house, dwells in a tower, dwells in an upper storey, dwells in a high place, dwells in a service hall, dwells in a pavilion, dwells at the foot of a tree, that monk is mighty," he says. Or else, being very austere, very frowning, very deceitful, very talkative, one who makes himself esteemed by his words, "This monk is a recipient of such peaceful attainments of dwelling," he speaks such a deep, hidden, subtle, concealed, supramundane talk connected with emptiness. Whatever such frowning, deceit, deceiving, and the state of being deceitful – this is the basis of deceit called 'flattering talk'. the basis of deceit, called flattery. For that Paccekabuddha, these three bases of deceit are abandoned, uprooted, calmed, tranquilized, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge. Therefore, that Paccekabuddha is without deceit. "Without thirst" means thirst is called craving. That which is lust, attachment... covetousness, greed, a root of unwholesomeness. That thirst, that craving, for that Paccekabuddha is abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm-stump, made non-existent, not liable to arise again in the future. Therefore, the Paccekabuddha is "without thirst"— without greed, without deceit, without thirst. "Without ingratitude, having dispelled stain and delusion" means. "Ingratitude" is that ingratitude, the act of ingratitude, the state of being ungrateful, harshness, the act of harshness. "Stain" is lust as a stain, hatred as a stain, delusion as a stain, anger... resentment... ingratitude... hypocrisy... all unwholesome volitional formations are stains. "Delusion" is ignorance of suffering, ignorance of the origin of suffering, ignorance of the cessation of suffering, ignorance of the path leading to the cessation of suffering, ignorance of the past, ignorance of the future, ignorance of both past and future, ignorance of dependent co-arising and dependently arisen phenomena. That such ignorance, non-seeing, non-comprehension, non-understanding, non-penetration, non-grasping, non-fathoming, non-contemplation, non-reflection, non-realization, dull-wittedness, foolishness, lack of clear comprehension, delusion, great delusion, utter delusion, unknowing, flood of unknowing, yoke of unknowing, underlying tendency of unknowing, obsession of unknowing, entanglement of unknowing, delusion, a root of unwholesomeness. For that Paccekabuddha, ingratitude, and stain, and delusion are vomited forth, completely vomited forth, dispelled, abandoned, uprooted, calmed, tranquilized, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge. That Paccekabuddha is without ingratitude, having dispelled stain and delusion. "Having become without hope in all worlds" means. Hope is called craving. That which is lust, attachment... covetousness, greed, a root of unwholesomeness. "In all worlds" means in all worlds of woe, in all human worlds, in all divine worlds, In all worlds of aggregates, in all worlds of elements, in all worlds of sense-bases. Having become desireless in all worlds, having become desireless in all worlds, having become free from craving, having become free from thirst – having become desireless in all worlds, Let one wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. Therefore, that Paccekabuddha said: Greedless, deceitless, thirstless, Without hypocrisy, with defilements and delusion cast off; Having become desireless in all worlds, Let one wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. 143. One should avoid an evil companion, Who sees no good, who is immersed in wrong; One should not associate with one who is addicted and heedless, Let one wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. "One should avoid an evil companion" means: An evil companion is called one who is endowed with the ten-fold wrong view – there is no giving, there is no offering, there is no sacrifice, there is no fruit or result of good and bad deeds, there is no this world, there is no other world, there is no mother, there is no father, there are no spontaneously arisen beings, there are no recluses and brahmins in the world who are rightly gone, rightly practiced, who, having themselves realized and experienced this world and the other world, proclaim it. This is an evil companion. "One should avoid an evil companion" means: One should avoid, one should shun an evil companion – one should avoid an evil companion. "Who sees no good, who is immersed in wrong" means: One who sees no good is called one who is endowed with the ten-fold wrong view – there is no giving, there is no offering... (and so on)... who, having themselves realized and experienced this world and the other world, proclaim it. "Immersed in wrong" means: immersed in wrong bodily action, immersed in wrong verbal action, immersed in wrong mental action, immersed in taking life, immersed in taking what is not given, immersed in sexual misconduct, immersed in false speech, immersed in slanderous speech, immersed in harsh speech, immersed in frivolous talk, Immersed in unrighteous covetousness, immersed in unrighteous ill-will, immersed in unrighteous wrong view, immersed in unrighteous formations, immersed in unrighteous five sense pleasures, immersed in unrighteous five hindrances, deeply immersed, clinging, attached, settled, devoted, resolved— seeing no good, immersed in unrighteousness. One should not associate with those devoted and heedless. "Devoted" means: whoever seeks, searches for, pursues sense pleasures, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. And whoever, by way of craving, seeks forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tactile objects, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. And whoever, by way of craving, obtains forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tactile objects, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. And whoever, by way of craving, consumes forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tactile objects, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. Just as a quarrel-maker is devoted to quarreling, a worker is devoted to work, one grazing in a pasture is devoted to grazing, a meditator is devoted to meditation; even so, whoever seeks, searches for, pursues sense pleasures, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. And whoever, by way of craving, seeks forms, obtains forms, consumes forms, sounds, smells, tastes, tactile objects, whose character is such, who is abundant in it, who is heavy with it, who inclines to it, who leans towards it, who is burdened by it, who is devoted to it, who is dominated by it— he too is devoted to sense pleasures. "Heedless" means: Heedlessness is to be spoken of as bodily... in ill conduct of body, or ill conduct of speech, or ill conduct of mind, or in the five sense-pleasures, the letting go of the mind, the giving up of letting go, the non-doing with care, the non-doing with continuity, the non-doing with steadfastness, the state of being sluggish, the giving up of desire, the giving up of the burden, the non-cultivation, the non-development, the non-making much of, the non-adherence, the non-application, whatever such negligence, neglecting, the state of being negligent – this is called negligence. “One should not associate with the attached and the negligent,” meaning, one should not associate with the attached, and one should not associate with the negligent, one should not associate oneself, should not frequent, should not mix with, should not fully mix with, should not practice, should not fully practice, should not undertake and live – “One should not associate with the attached and the negligent, one should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn.”