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first lesson, thus : ‘ Come thou, brother ! Be virtuous. Abide, constrained by the restraint of the obligation.’
“ ‘Become versed in the practice of right behaviour ; seeing danger in trifling faults, do you undertake the training and be a pupil in the moralities.’
“ ‘As soon as he has mastered all that, the Tathagata gives him his second lesson, thus : ‘ Come thou brother ! Seeing an object with the eye, be not charmed by its general appearance or its details.’
“ ‘Persist in the restraint of that dejection that comes from craving, caused by the sense of sight uncontrolled, these ill states, which would overwhelm one like a flood. Guard the sense of sight, win control over the sense of sight.’
“ ‘ And so do with the other organs of sense. When you hear a sound with the ear, or smell a scent with the nose, taste a taste with the tongue, or with body touch things tangible, and when with mind you are conscious of a thing, be not charmed with its general appearance or its details.’
“ ‘ As soon as he has mastered all that, the Tathagata gives him a further lesson, thus : ‘ Come thou, brother ! Be moderate in eating ; earnest and heedful do you take your food, not for sport not for indulgence, not for adding personal charm or comeliness to body, but do it for body’s stabilising, for its support, for protection from harm, and for keeping up the practice of the righteous life, with this thought ; ‘I check my former feeling. To no new feeling will I give rise, that maintenance and comfort may be mine.’
“ ‘ Then, Brahmin, when he has won restraint in food, the Tathagata gives him a further lesson thus : ‘ Come thou, brother ! Abide given to watchfulness. By day, when walking or sitting, cleanse your heart from things that may hinder you. By night spend the first watch walking up and down or sitting and do likewise. By night in the second watch, lie down on the right side in the posture of a lion, and placing one foot upon the other, mindful and self-possessed, set your thoughts on the idea of exertion. Then in the
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