Shrnutí Dhammapada: Chapter 21

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1. The opening verses favor greater pleasure over lesser pleasure and warn that hurting others keeps hatred alive.
2. Neglect and thoughtlessness increase desire, while bodily attention and right conduct bring desire to an end.
3. Two verses describe a true Brahmana as unharmed despite killing parents and rulers, among others.
4. Gotama’s disciples remain awake through attention to Buddha, the law, the community, their bodies, compassion, and meditation.
5. The verses describe difficulties in worldly, monastic, and wandering life, then connect virtue with respect and goodness with visibility.
6. The closing verse links solitary practice and self-mastery with joy in the ending of desire.

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