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One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls those who cling not to mind and body and are detached.

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Those who check rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, those I call true charioteers; others only hold the reins.

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Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.

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Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little.

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By these three means can one reach the presence of the gods.

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Those sages who are inoffensive and ever restrained in body, go to the Deathless State, where they grieve no more.

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Those who are ever vigilant, who discipline themselves day and night, ever intent upon Nibbana--their defilements fade away.

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O Atula! Indeed, this is an old pattern, not one only of today: they blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation.

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There is none in this world who is not blamed.

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There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a person who is wholly blamed or wholly praised.

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But the person whom the wise praise, after observing the person day after day, is one of flawless character, wise, and endowed with knowledge and virtue.

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Who can blame such a one, as worthy as a coin of refined gold? Even the gods praise the person; by Brahma, too is the person praised.

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Let a person guard against irritability in bodily action; let a person be controlled in bodily deed. Abandoning bodily misconduct, let a person practice good conduct in deed.

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Let a person guard against irritability in speech; let a person be controlled in speech.

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Abandoning verbal misconduct, let a person practice good conduct in speech.

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Let a person guard against irritability in thought; let a person be controlled in mind.

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Abandoning mental misconduct, let a person practice good conduct in thought.

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The wise are controlled in bodily deeds, controlled in speech and controlled in thought.

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They are truly well-controlled.