29. Heedful among the heedless,
wide-awake among the sleepy,
the wise man advances
like a swift horse
leaving behide a weak jade.
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30. By heedfulness did Indra*
become the overlord of the gods.
Heedfulness is ever praised,
and heedfulness ever despised.
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*Ruler of the gods in ancient Indian Mythology.
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31. The monks who delights
in heedfulness
and looks with fear at heedfulness
advances like fire,
burning all fetter small and large.
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32. The monk who delights
in heedfulness
and looks with fear at heedlessness
will not fall.
He is close to Nibbana.
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33. Just as a fletcher straightens
an arrow shaft,
even so the discerning man
strightens his mind -
so fickle and unsteady,
so diffcult to guard and control.
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34. As a fish when pulled out of water
and cast on land
throbs and quivers,
even so is this mind agitated.
Hence should one abandon
the realm of Mara.
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35. Wonderful, indeed
it is to subdue th mind,
so diffrent to subdue, ever swift,
and seizing whatever it desires.
A tames mind brings happiness.
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