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17. Anger
Throw away anger, give up pride.
Give up worldly desires.
How can grief touch you
if nothing is your own?
Anger gallops like a wild chariot.
Hold it firm, steady it!
Be the true charioteer-
don't just finger the reins.
Be gentle with anger, do good to evil;
be generous to the miser,
truthful to the liar.
Be truthful,
Curb anger.
Be liberal.
-Three ways to go to the gods.
Saints subdue their bodies,
saints injure nobody.
They find the eternal peace
in which is no grieving.
Those who are wakeful,
who study day and night,
who struggle for Nirvana,
find the eternal peace.
Tell me, Atula, who is spared?
"They blame the garrulous one,
and they blame the quiet one."
-An old truth, Atula, true even now.
There was never, there never will be, there is not now
a man for whom there is all blame, or all praise.
But the man who is known by those who know
to be spotless, wise, meditative, and virtuous,
He is like a gold coin found in the Jambu River.
Who dares blame him? The gods praise him, Brahma praises him.
Beware of the restless body.
Learn to discipline it.
Use the purified body to follow Dhamma.
Beware of the restless tongue.
Learn to discipline it.
Use the purified tongue to speak truth.
Beware of the restless mind.
Learn to discipline it.
Use the purified mind to practice virtue.
They are well disciplined indeed
whose body, speech, and mind are well disciplined.
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