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Do not go to one's own fire, nor to another's fire. May the dust of passion and hatred Be extinguished by the water of loving-kindness. 65. The virtuous praise the virtuous, They rejoice in the qualities of the virtuous; Let him not be angry at blame, Nor be elated by praise. 66. No clever person can destroy merit by blame, Nor increase it by praise; He should not value either of the two. 67. Covered with the filth of defilements, The moon of loving-kindness does not shine; But when freed from that, Its power is exceedingly great. 68. Good sleep, awakened, good dreams, Two dear ones, protection, no attack; Concentration, a cheerful face, no confusion, Brahmā, these are the ten qualities. 69. May loving-kindness bring coolness, May the eye gain wisdom; In the spotless sky, May you be the moon in every journey. 70. To all, far and near, Send the gift of loving-kindness; May you teach the Dhamma to the deserving, May you be the moon in every journey. 71. Wash away the impurities of those who have attained, Be ever compassionate, a maker of coolness; Without distinction of high and low, Be like water in every journey. 72. In the eight worldly conditions, That touch the unstable, Be steadfast, unperturbed, Be like the earth. 73. The rock never makes quarrel, Ever unmoving with anyone; Cultivating loving-kindness, practicing forbearance, He should value the great rock. 74. Like a rock, may he be virtuous, May he endure harsh words; When anger arises, defilements increase, Only patience brings peace. 75. Knowing that all beings desire happiness as I do, He should gradually cultivate loving-kindness, Towards the dear, the neutral, and the hostile. 76. All tremble at the rod, All fear death; Comparing oneself to others, One should not kill or cause to kill. 77. Those beings who desire happiness, Who are harmed by the rod; Seeking happiness for oneself, After death, he will not find happiness. 78. Without enmity, without malice, without trouble, May I be happy as I am; May those who wish me well be so, And even those who are hostile. 79. Mothers, brothers, relatives, Donors, and lay followers; May they be happy, he should cultivate, And abandon attachment to them. 80. Hatred is a distant enemy of loving-kindness, Craving is a close enemy; Loving-kindness should prevent craving in the dear, And hatred in the hostile. 81. In one place doing deeds, Disciples and teachers happy; May the fellow ব্রহ্মচারী also be, And may they be mutually beneficial. 82. Kings and ministers also, And lords in the villages, happy; May the deities also be, Protected by them, happy. 83. By whom we are well protected, And the inhabitants of the kingdom are happy; May the king be happy and prosperous, Powerful and long-lived. 84. We live by the kingdom's alms, And the inhabitants of the kingdom are happy; Thus should one reflect, And rightly partake of the kingdom's alms. 85. Many are subject to misery, Parents and other ancestors; May they also be happy and free from suffering, Free from oppression and without enmity. 86. Beings, creatures, living beings, Individuals, those with self-identity; Women, men, Gods and humans, and those who have fallen. 87. May they be without enmity, free from oppression, Free from suffering, and happy; May they protect themselves, Thus should one reflect in four ways. 88. In the eastern direction, May all beings be without enmity; Free from oppression, happy and free from suffering, Thus should one reflect first. 89. In the eastern direction, With "May all beings..." and so on; Twelve times should one reflect, And this method applies to the remaining directions. 90. In the four directions, intermediate directions, below, Above, beings and living beings; Creatures and individuals, those with self-identity, All women and men. 91. Noble ones, noble gods, Humans and those who have fallen; May they be without enmity, free from oppression, Free from suffering, and happy. 92. In the four directions, intermediate directions, below, Above, in these ten directions; Having distinguished them in twelve ways, The wise one should reflect on individuals. 93. Saturate with the rain of loving-kindness, Just as a rain cloud everywhere; Do not exclude anything, Thus is loving-kindness well cultivated. 94. Five directions, seven directions, Twelve individuals may there be; Having cultivated in the four directions, They become forty-eight. 95. Loving-kindness in the ten directions, Four hundred and eighty; With forty-eight, five Hundred and twenty-eight are more. 96. Speak compassion to the suffering, Joy to the happy; Loving-kindness and equanimity, Both cultivated in both. 97. He is called a Brahma-dweller, Dwelling in one of them; Among beings, in this world, He shines like Brahma. Appamā 1. Many are the ways of life, That exist in this world; But he who takes the bowl and alms, Is the lowest of livelihoods. 2. They approach from good families, Without desire for sensual pleasures; Not from fear, nor debt, Nor for the sake of a living. 3. It is not easy for a householder, To live the holy life unbroken; The household life is confining, While homelessness is free from care. 4. "Let us escape the mire of becoming, Cross over the fearsome flood of craving; This is the way to practice," Having thought thus, they approach. 5. Let him rise and not be heedless, Let him live the Dhamma well; The one who lives the Dhamma sleeps in peace, In this world and the next. 6. Welcome indeed are those monks, Who have attained the Buddha's path; Having cut the bonds of the householder, They are happy, delighting in the Teaching. 7. Surely, these are of special merit, So fortunate, though hard to find; Having abandoned great kingdoms, They have found something not found elsewhere. 8. Welcome, may they have good fortune, May the heedless not go to misfortune; For the immoral, if they go, Will go to the fearful, terrible hell. 9. Having fallen from household pleasures, And far from the state of a recluse; Falling away, scattering, He perishes like a firebrand of corpses. 10. Just as kusa grass, wrongly grasped, Cuts the hand itself; So the ascetic life, wrongly undertaken, Drags one to the stake of hell. 11. Whatever deed is done loosely, And whatever vow is defiled; And the life of purity, full of stain, Is of little fruit, not of great result. 12. Do what you should do, do it firmly, Strive with all your might; For a lax renunciate, Scatters dust all the more. 13. Thus it was said by the Sage, Remembering, not turning back; Always with an unattached mind, Should the Buddha's disciple live. 14. Overcome lust with thoughts of foulness, Overcome hate with loving-kindness; Overcome pride with thoughts of death, And be firmly faithful to the Buddha. 15. Foulness overcomes thoughts of lust, Loving-kindness overcomes thoughts of ill-will; Compassion overcomes thoughts of violence, Always mindful. 16. Transgressing the Buddha's command, Afflicted by wrong thoughts; Mixed with evil qualities, He goes to the ever-lasting realm of woe. 17. Having washed away the bowl's stains, He crosses over again. He is restrained; Cutting off wrong thoughts, far from the path to misery. 18. The state of being a Buddha with extinguished defilements, leading to liberation, without interruption; The Lion's Roar in four places, the fearless Victor roars. 19. Virtue is called leading to liberation, transgression is an interruption; Not incurring interruption, may it be established in liberation itself. 20. Impurity is leading to liberation, the perception of beauty is an interruption; Not incurring interruption, may it be established in liberation itself. 21. Even if scattered with various offenses, the one who remains is the one who avoids defeat; He, through truthful determination, is ashamed and purifies himself. 22. Even if covered with shameless deeds, Having been stirred up, he has good friends; Being ashamed, he purifies himself, Like a dead man, he does not purify himself. 23. He who was previously negligent, but afterwards is not negligent; He illuminates this world, like the moon freed from clouds. 24. Having undertaken the burden and being a leader, he strives in meritorious deeds; What is the name of the deed leading to liberation for him, that does not succeed? 25. The almsfood of the Sage is received, little by little from house to house; Let them live on alms, let them not incur improper livelihood. 26. He should wash the bowl with water for arising and teaching; They will restrain with their minds, virtue is pure for the washed. 27. Transgression of the Buddha's command, restraint of lust and hatred; There is no intentional offense, he is said to be ashamed. 28. Trade, agriculture, etc., are not desired in this teaching; These two burdens are the duty, do not diminish them with other duties. 29. He should restrain his own mind, like a difficult-to-tame calf; Mindful and fully aware, he should walk in all postures. 30. Just as one would tie a calf to a post, to tame it; So should one bind one's own mind, firmly to a delightful object with mindfulness. 31. Training in higher virtue, higher mind, and higher wisdom; This is the three-fold duty of a bhikkhu, doing this, he is a good bhikkhu. 32. Five, eight, or ten precepts, there is no higher virtue beyond that; The Pātimokkha is higher virtue, higher than mountains, like Mount Meru. 33. Purifying the Pātimokkha, even if he should give up his life; That which is prescribed by the Lord of the World, he should not break the bond of virtue. 34. By virtue, the bhikkhu shatters the gross, thick defilement by concentration; By wisdom, the subtle underlying kilesa, he shatters. 35. Like the taste of the Teaching, virtue is, in the middle of it, concentration; Like the end, wisdom is, beautiful are these three. 36. Virtue established in great merit,