dhp256:0.1Minor Collection
dhp256:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 256–272
dhp256:0.319. The Just
dhp256:1You don’t become just
dhp256:2by passing hasty judgment.
dhp256:3An astute person evaluates both
dhp256:4what is pertinent and what is irrelevant.
dhp257:1A wise one judges others without haste,
dhp257:2justly and impartially;
dhp257:3that guardian of the law
dhp257:4is said to be just.
dhp258:1You’re not an astute scholar
dhp258:2just because you speak a lot.
dhp258:3One who is secure, free of enmity and fear,
dhp258:4is said to be astute.
dhp259:1You’re not one who has memorized the teaching
dhp259:2just because you recite a lot.
dhp259:3Someone who directly sees the teaching
dhp259:4after hearing only a little
dhp259:5is truly one who has memorized the teaching,
dhp259:6for they can never forget it.
dhp260:1You don’t become a senior
dhp260:2by getting some grey hairs;
dhp260:3for one ripe only in age,
dhp260:4is said to have aged in vain.
dhp261:1One who is truthful and principled,
dhp261:2harmless, restrained, and self-controlled,
dhp261:3attentive, purged of stains,
dhp261:4is said to be a senior.
dhp262:1Not by mere enunciation,
dhp262:2or a beautiful complexion
dhp262:3does a person become holy,
dhp262:4if they’re jealous, stingy, and devious.
dhp263:1But if they’ve cut that out,
dhp263:2dug it up at the root, eradicated it,
dhp263:3that intelligent one, purged of vice,
dhp263:4is said to be holy.
dhp264:1A liar and breaker of vows is no ascetic
dhp264:2just because they shave their head.
dhp264:3How on earth can one be an ascetic
dhp264:4who’s full of desire and greed?
dhp265:1One who stops all wicked deeds,
dhp265:2great and small,
dhp265:3because of stopping wicked deeds
dhp265:4is said to be an ascetic.
dhp266:1You don’t become a mendicant
dhp266:2just by begging from others.
dhp266:3One who has undertaken domestic duties
dhp266:4has not yet become a mendicant.
dhp267:1But one living a spiritual life,
dhp267:2who has banished both merit and evil,
dhp267:3who wanders having appraised the world,
dhp267:4is said to be a mendicant.
dhp268:1You don’t become a sage by being sagelike,
dhp268:2while still confused and ignorant.
dhp268:3The astute one who holds the scales,
dhp268:4taking only the best,
dhp269:1and shunning the bad—
dhp269:2that is a sage, and that is how one becomes a sage.
dhp269:3One who sagely weighs both in the world,
dhp269:4is thereby said to be a sage.
dhp270:1You don’t become a noble one
dhp270:2by harming living beings.
dhp270:3One harmless toward all living beings
dhp270:4is said to be a noble one.
dhp271:1Not by precepts and observances,
dhp271:2nor by much learning,
dhp271:3nor by meditative immersion,
dhp271:4nor by living in seclusion,
dhp272:1do I experience the bliss of renunciation
dhp272:2not frequented by ordinary people.
dhp272:3A mendicant cannot rest confident
dhp272:4without attaining the end of defilements.