3.
The Chapter on a Sword
1.
The Discourse on a Sword
21. At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
For the abandoning of sensual lust, a mindful monk should wander forth."
For the abandoning of identity view, a mindful monk should wander forth."
2.
The Discourse on Touching
22.
Therefore it touches one who touches, one who wrongs the innocent."
A pure person without blemish;
The evil returns to that very fool,
Like subtle dust thrown against the wind."
3.
The Discourse on Matted Hair
23.
This I ask you, Gotama, who can disentangle this tangle?"
An ardent and prudent monk, he can disentangle this tangle.
Those who have eliminated the mental corruptions, the Worthy Ones, for them the tangle is disentangled.
Impingement and perception of material form, here this tangle is cut off."
4.
The Discourse on Restraining the Mind
24. "From whatever source one should restrain the mind,
He should restrain the mind from every source,
He is freed from suffering in every respect."
Not the mind that has come to a state of self-control;
But from whatever source there is evil,
From that source one should restrain the mind."
5.
The Discourse on the Worthy One
25.
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would he say 'I speak,'
Would he say 'they speak to me'?"
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would he say 'I speak,'
He would say 'they speak to me';
Having understood the common usage in the world, being skilled,
He would express himself merely by conventional expression."
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would that monk, having approached conceit,
Say 'I speak';
Would he say 'they speak to me'?"
All mental knots of conceit are scattered;
That wise one has transcended conceiving,
He would say 'I speak.'
Having understood the common usage in the world, being skilled;
He would express himself merely by conventional expression."
6.
The Discourse on the Lamp
26.
Having come to ask the Blessed One, how may we know this?"
The sun shines by day, the moon radiates at night.
The One Enlightened by himself is the best of those that shine, this radiance is unsurpassed."
7.
The Discourse on the Arrow
27.
Where do mentality and materiality entirely cease?"
From there the waters turn back, here the round of rebirths does not turn;
Here mentality and materiality entirely cease."
8.
The Discourse on Great Wealth
28.
They crave for one another, dissatisfied in sensual pleasures.
Who here have abandoned craving, who in the world are without zeal?"
Having left lust and hate, and having become dispassionate towards ignorance;
Those who have eliminated the mental corruptions, the Worthy Ones, they in the world are without zeal."
9.
The Discourse on Four Wheels
29.
Born from mud, O great hero, how will there be progress?"
Having uprooted craving with its root, thus there will be progress."
10.
The Discourse on the Antelope Limbs
30.
A lion, wandering alone, an elephant, without regard for sensual pleasures;
Having approached, we ask, how is one freed from suffering?"
Having removed desire here, thus one is freed from suffering."
The Sword Chapter is third.
Its summary:
With the Worthy One, the Lamp, the Lake, and with Great Wealth;
With Four Wheels as ninth, with Antelope Legs - these are ten.