N°19: Rooted in Dhamma
१९. धर्मष्ठवर्गः एकोनविंशः
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They do not follow the Dhamma who use violence to make a point or achieve their goal.
न तेन भवति धर्मस्थो येनार्थं सहसा नयेत् ।
यश्चाऽर्थं अनर्थं च उभौ निश्चिनुयात् पण्डितः ॥ १॥
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But those who can lead people without any notion of violence, and instead distance themselves from all evil, can call themselves protectors of the Dhamma.
असाहसेन धर्मेण समेन नयते परान् ।
धर्मेण गुप्तो मेधावी धर्मस्थ इत्युच्यते ॥ २॥
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Just because someone explains and speaks a lot, does not make him or her a wise person. Only those who are patient, free from hatred and fear, are wise.
न तावता पण्डितो भवति यावता बहु भाषते ।
क्षेमी अवैरी अभयः पण्डित इत्युच्यते ॥ ३॥
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You do not follow the Dhamma just by speaking about it. You must live in harmony with the whole Dhamma, even if you are not learned.
न तावता धर्मधरो यावता बहु भाषते ।
यश्चाल्पमऽपि श्रुत्वा धर्मं कायेन पश्यति ।
स वै धर्मधरो भवति यो धर्मं न प्रमाद्यति ॥ ४॥
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Gray hair doesn't automatically make you wise; a person can still grow old and remain unwise.
न तेन स्थविरो भवति येनाऽस्य पलितं शिरः ।
परिपक्वं वयस्तस्य मोघजीर्ण इत्युच्यते ॥ ५॥
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A true old sage is sincere in words, virtuous, lovely, controlled and pure in thought.
यस्मिन् सत्यं च धर्मश्चाहिंसा संयमो दमः ।
स वै वान्तमलो धीरः स्थविर इतुच्यते ॥ ६॥
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Relying on beautiful words or a beautiful countenance do not make the jealous, selfish and treacherous beautiful.
न वाक् करणमात्रेण वर्णपुष्कलतया वा ।
साधुरूपो नरो भवति ईर्षुको मत्सरी शठः ॥ ७॥
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Only those who have banished such impurities from their minds and thoughts can be called beautiful.
यस्य चैतत् समुच्छिन्नं मूलघातं समुद्धतम् ।
स वान्तदोषो मेधावी साधुरूप इत्युच्यते ॥ ८॥
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Even if you shave your head, this does not make someone who is undisciplined, insincere and driven by desires into a monk.
न मुण्डकेन श्रमणोऽव्रतोऽलीकं भणन् ।
इच्छालाभसमापन्नः श्रमणः किं भविष्यति ॥ ९॥
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Someone who has been able to extinguish all desires, large and small, is a real monk.
यश्च शमयति पापानि अणूनि स्थूलानि सर्वशः ।
शमितत्वाद्धि पापानां श्रमण इतुच्यते ॥ १०॥
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Begging for alms does not make a one bhikshu, to accomplish this, you have to follow the Dhamma completely.
न तावता भिक्षुर्भवति यावता भिक्षते परान् ।
विश्वं धर्मं समादाय भिक्षुर्भवति न तावता ॥ ११॥
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Someone who is pious and out of reach of good and bad, who wanders the world without being attached to things, that is a real bhikshu.
य इह पुण्यं च पापं च वाहयित्वा ब्रह्मचर्यवान् ।
संख्याय लोके चरति स वै भिक्षुरित्युच्यते ॥ १२॥
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Undergoing a period of silence does not automatically make someone mature, neither someone who is willfully ignorant into a sage.
न मौनेन मुनिर्भवति मूढरूपोऽविद्वान् ।
यश्च तुलामिव प्रगृह्य वरमादाय पण्डितः ॥ १३॥
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A sage holds the scales and chooses the good and avoids the bad.
पापानि परिवर्जयति स मुनिस्तेन स मुनिः ।
यो मनुत उभौ लोकौ मुनिस्तेन प्रोच्यते ॥ १४॥
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Someone who is not noble hurts living beings willingly. Noble people don't hurt anyone willingly.
न तेनाऽऽर्यो भवति येन प्राणान् हिनस्ति ।
अहिंसया सर्वप्राणानां आर्य इति प्रोच्यते ॥ १५॥
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Not by rituals nor by intentions, not by studying a lot nor by living celibately;
न शीलव्रतमात्रेण बाहुश्रुत्त्येन वा पुनः ।
अथवा समाधिलाभेन विविच्य शयनेन वा ॥ १६॥
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Not even through meditation can you find the supreme, the immortal joy of NIRVANA, before having extinguished your own self-will.
स्पृशामि नैष्कर्म्यसुखं अपृथग्जनसेवितम् ।
भिक्षो विश्वासं मा पादीः अप्राप्त आस्रवक्षयम् ॥ २१॥
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