2020.12.03 Thursday

   73. Let the fool wish for a false reputation, for precedence among the Bhikshus, for lordship in the convents, for worship among other people!

   74. ‘May both the layman and he who has left the world think that this is done by me; may they be subject to me in everything which is to be done or is not to be done,’ thus is the mind of the fool, and his desire and pride increase.

   75. ‘One is the road that leads to wealth, another the road that leads to Nirvâna;’ if the Bhikshu, the disciple of Buddha, has learnt this, he will not yearn for honour, he will strive after separation from the world.

DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 5. The Fool

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