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If giving up a small pleasure opens the way to a far greater one, the wise person lets the small one go and looks toward the greater good.

If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a greater happiness, let the wise man renounce the lesser, having regard for the greater.

Whoever tries to buy their own happiness by causing others pain only gets tangled in webs of hatred, and never escapes that hatred.

Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who seeks his own happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred.

In those who are arrogant and heedless, who leave undone what ought to be done and do what ought not to be done, the inner stains only grow.

The cankers only increase for those who are arrogant and heedless, who leave undone what should be done and do what should not be done.

But in those who are mindful and clearly aware, who steadily keep watch over the body, refuse what ought not to be done, and follow through on what ought to be done, the inner stains fade away.

The cankers cease for those mindful and clearly comprehending ones who always earnestly practice mindfulness of the body, who do not resort to what should not be done, and steadfastly pursue what should be done.

Having slain mother and father — craving and conceit — the two warrior kings of clinging views, and laid waste the whole realm of the grasping senses, the awakened one travels on without sorrow.

Having slain mother (craving), father (self-conceit), two warrior-kings (eternalism and nihilism), and destroyed a country (sense organs and sense objects) together with its treasurer (attachment and lust), ungrieving goes the holy man.

Having slain mother and father — craving and conceit — the two kings of extreme views, and, as the fifth, the tiger of the mind's hindrances, the awakened one travels on without sorrow.

Having slain mother, father, two brahman kings (two extreme views), and a tiger as the fifth (the five mental hindrances), ungrieving goes the holy man.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose mindfulness, day and night, stays turned toward the Buddha.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Buddha.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose mindfulness, day and night, stays turned toward the Dhamma, the teaching.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Dhamma.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose mindfulness, day and night, stays turned toward the Sangha, the community.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Sangha.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose mindfulness, day and night, stays immersed in the body.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice Mindfulness of the Body.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose minds, day and night, delight in doing no harm.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds by day and night delight in the practice of non-violence.

The disciples of the Buddha awaken happily, those whose minds, day and night, delight in meditation.

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds by day and night delight in the practice of meditation.

Every path has its hardships: the renunciate's life is hard, and so is the worldly one; living among those who clash is painful, and so is wandering alone. So don't drift restlessly from one to the next; find your ground, and the restlessness eases.

Difficult is life as a monk; difficult is it to delight therein. Also difficult and sorrowful is the household life. Suffering comes from association with unequals; suffering comes from wandering in samsara. Therefore, be not an aimless wanderer, be not a pursuer of suffering.

Whoever is rich in faith and virtue, in good repute and means, is honored everywhere, in whatever land they travel.

He who is full of faith and virtue, and possesses good repute and wealth — he is respected everywhere, in whatever land he travels.

The good shine from afar, like the snowy Himalayas; the wicked go unseen, like arrows shot into the night.

The good shine from afar, like the Himalaya mountains. But the wicked are unseen, like arrows shot in the night.

The one who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, tireless and self-controlled, finds delight in solitude, alone in the forest.

He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.