Chapter 21: Miscellaneous

A wise person should abandon immediate small pleasures if doing so leads to greater ones.

Those who inflict pain on others to gain pleasure for themselves become trapped in hatred and cannot escape it.

The desires of careless, thoughtless people increase because they neglect what should be done and engage in what should not be done.

Those who remain watchful about their body, avoid wrongdoing, and steadily perform right actions will see their desires diminish.

A true Brahmana escapes harm even after committing grave acts such as killing parents and kings or destroying kingdoms.

This reiterates that a true Brahmana remains unharmed despite killing parents, holy kings, and other eminent persons.

The disciples of Buddha are perpetually awake, with their thoughts constantly directed toward Buddha day and night.

Buddha's disciples remain vigilant with their thoughts always centered on the Dharma or Buddhist teachings.

Buddha's disciples stay awake with their attention always directed toward the monastic community or Sangha.

Buddha's disciples remain vigilant with their thoughts always directed toward bodily awareness and mindfulness of the body.

Buddha's disciples remain awake with their minds constantly delighting in compassion for all beings.

Buddha's disciples stay vigilant with their minds always delighting in meditation practice.

Both renouncing the world and living in it involve difficulty, as do monastic life and household life; therefore, one should avoid the mendicant path to escape pain.

A faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy person earns respect wherever they choose to live.

Good people are conspicuous like snow-covered mountains, whereas bad people remain unseen like arrows shot in darkness.

One who practices solitude without ceasing, remaining alone both sitting and sleeping, will subdue themselves and rejoice in the destruction of all desires.