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Having overcome the suffering of hell, he is energetic; He is energetic, striving, The steadfast one is called thus. The bonds of a householder are called sons and wives, and male slaves and female slaves, and goats and sheep, and chickens and pigs, and elephants, cows, horses, and mares, and fields and lands, and gold and silver, and villages, towns, and capital cities, and realms and countries, and treasuries and storehouses, and whatever is an object of attachment. Having cut the bonds of a householder, the hero—that Paccekabuddha, the hero, having cut, having completely cut, having abandoned, having removed, having annihilated, having brought to naught the bonds of a householder—having cut the bonds of a householder, the hero, let him wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. Therefore, that Paccekabuddha said: “Having laid aside the marks of a householder, Having cut Like a koviḷāra tree, leafless, Having cut off, the hero, the ties of household life; Let him wander alone, like a rhinoceros horn. First Chapter. Second Chapter. 131. If one should find a wise companion, One who lives well, a sagacious one, walking together; Having overcome all dangers, Let him wander with him, joyful and mindful. "If one should find a wise companion" means: if one should find, obtain, attain, discover a wise, learned, discerning, intelligent, knowing, clear-sighted, sagacious companion – "if one should find a wise companion." "Walking together, one who lives well, a sagacious one" means: "walking together" means walking as one. "One who lives well" means one who lives well with the first jhāna, with the second jhāna... with the third jhāna... with the fourth jhāna; one who lives well with the liberation of mind through loving-kindness, with compassion... with sympathetic joy... with equanimity; one who lives well with the attainment of the sphere of infinite space, with the attainment of the sphere of infinite consciousness... with the attainment of the sphere of nothingness... with the attainment of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception; one who lives well with the attainment of cessation; one who lives well with the attainment of fruition. "Sagacious one" means a sagacious, learned, discerning, intelligent, knowing, clear-sighted, sagacious one – "walking together, one who lives well, a sagacious one." "Having overcome all dangers" means: dangers are of two kinds – manifest dangers and hidden dangers... these are called manifest dangers... these are called hidden dangers... thus, in this context, dangers. "Having overcome all dangers" means having overcome, having conquered, having overwhelmed, having mastered, having crushed all dangers – "having overcome all dangers." "Let him wander with him, joyful and mindful" means: that Paccekabuddha, with that wise, learned, discerning, intelligent, knowing, clear-sighted, sagacious companion, joyful, content... Delighted in mind, joyful in mind, greatly joyful in mind, elated in mind, delighted in mind, he should walk, he should live, he should move, he should behave, he should protect, he should sustain, he should pass time – he should walk, therefore, self-delighted. 'Mindful' means: That Paccekabuddha is mindful, endowed with supreme mindfulness and sagacity, remembering and recollecting what was done long ago, what was said long ago – he should walk, therefore, self-delighted, mindful. Therefore, that Paccekabuddha said: “If one should find a sagacious companion, walking together, living well, a wise one; Having overcome all dangers, he should walk, therefore, self-delighted, mindful.” 132. If one should not find a sagacious companion, walking together, living well, a wise one; Like a king abandoning a conquered realm, one should walk alone, like a rhinoceros horn. 'If one should not find a sagacious companion' means: If one should not obtain, acquire, reach, find a sagacious, wise, discerning, intelligent, knowing, understanding, clever companion – 'if one should not find a sagacious companion'. 'Walking together, living well, a wise one' means: 'Walking together' means walking as one. 'Living well' means living well with the first jhāna... ...living well with the attainment of cessation, living well with the attainment of fruition. 'Wise one' means a wise, sagacious, discerning, intelligent, knowing, understanding, clever one – 'walking together, living well, a wise one'. 'Like a king abandoning a conquered realm' means: A king, a khattiya, anointed, victorious in battle, having crushed his enemies, having achieved his aims, with full treasury and storehouses, having renounced his kingdom, his country, his treasury, his storehouses, his city with abundant gold and silver, having shaved off his hair and beard, donned saffron robes, gone forth from home to homelessness, attained a state of having nothing, he walks, lives, moves, behaves, protects, sustains, passes time alone. Thus, a Paccekabuddha also, having cut off all household ties, having cut off ties to children and wife, having cut off ties to relatives, having cut off ties to friends and ministers... having cut off hair and beard, having put on saffron robes, having gone forth from home to homelessness, having attained a state of having nothing, one walks, dwells, moves, acts, maintains, lives, passes time— like a king abandoning his conquered kingdom, one should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. Therefore, that Paccekabuddha said: “If one does not find a wise companion, who lives well, walking together, like a king abandoning his conquered kingdom, one should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn.” 133. Indeed, we praise the blessing of companionship, superior and equal companions should be sought; not finding these, one who eats blamelessly, should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. “Indeed, we praise the blessing of companionship.” “Indeed” is a word of certainty, a word of no doubt, a word of no wavering, a word of no duality, a word of no hesitation, a word of command, a word of definite conclusion, a word of no error, a word of establishment—that is “indeed.” “The blessing of companionship” means that companion who is endowed with the training in higher virtue, endowed with the training in higher concentration, endowed with the training in higher wisdom, endowed with the training in higher liberation, endowed with the training in the knowledge and vision of liberation. “Indeed, we praise the blessing of companionship” means we praise, commend, extol, and laud the blessing of companionship—that is “indeed, we praise the blessing of companionship.” “Superior and equal companions should be sought.” Companions are superior in virtue, concentration, wisdom, liberation, and the knowledge and vision of liberation; companions are equal, similar, in virtue, concentration, wisdom, liberation, and the knowledge and vision of liberation. Superior companions or equal companions should be sought, associated with, attended upon, questioned, and inquired of—that is “superior and equal companions should be sought.” “Not finding these, one who eats blamelessly.” There is a person who eats blameworthily, and there is a person who eats blamelessly. And what kind of person eats blameworthily? Here, some person, by means of hypocrisy, flattery, hinting, disparaging, and gain, for seeking gain by giving wood by giving bamboo by giving leaves by giving flowers by giving fruits by giving bathing powder by giving powder by giving clay by giving tooth-sticks by giving mouth-water by flattery by making bean-soup by being a servant by being a seat-rubbing attendant by geomancy by animal lore by physiognomy by astrology by going as a messenger by going on errands by being a leg-messenger by medical practice by new work by giving and receiving alms by giving gifts and counter-gifts, having obtained, acquired, attained, found, received a livelihood by unrighteous and unequal means. This person is called one who lives by blameworthy means. And what person lives by blameless means? Here, some person not by hypocrisy not by glib talk not by soothsaying not by hinting not by seeking gain with gain not by giving wood not by giving bamboo not by giving leaves not by giving flowers not by giving fruits not by giving bathing powder not by giving powder not by giving clay not by giving tooth-sticks not by giving mouth-water not by flattery not by making bean-soup not by being a servant not by being a seat-rubbing attendant not by geomancy not by animal lore not by physiognomy not by astrology not by going as a messenger not by going on errands not by being a leg-messenger not by medical practice not by new work not by giving and receiving alms not by giving gifts and counter-gifts, having obtained, acquired, attained, found, received a livelihood by righteous and equal means. This person is called one who lives by blameless means. "Having not obtained these, one lives blamelessly" — these blameless livelihood-seekers, having not obtained, not acquired, not attained, not found, not received — "having not obtained these, one lives blamelessly, let one wander alone like a rhinoceros horn." Therefore, that Paccekabuddha said: "Indeed, we praise the blessing of companionship, excellent companions should be cultivated; But having not found these... Ah, one who eats blamelessly, let him wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. 134. Having seen shining golden ornaments, well-made by a goldsmith's son; Clashing, two on an arm, let him wander alone like a rhinoceros horn. "Having seen shining golden ornaments" means having seen, having observed, having weighed, having discerned, having understood, having made manifest. "Of gold" means of pure gold. "Shining" means pure, clean – having seen shining golden ornaments. "Well-made by a goldsmith's son" means a goldsmith's son is called a goldsmith.