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DhammaPada verses 76-89 share on associating with a wise person, characteristics of such a person, the importance of joy in the Dhamma, the benefits of renunciation, and the qualities of a well-developed mind.
Paṇḍita vagga - Chapter 6 - The Wise
76
As one who reveals hidden treasures, one should regard a person who sees faults; A wise person who reproves and admonishes, one should associate with such a wise person; For one associating with such a person, things become better, not worse.
77
One should advise and instruct [others], and prevent what is unwholesome; For one is dear to the virtuous, but to the unvirtuous, one is not dear.
78
Do not associate with harmful friends, do not associate with base people; one should associate with good friends, one should associate with best amongst people.
79
One who is joyous in Dhamma dwells at ease, with a clear and tranquil mind; In the Dhamma taught by the noble ones, the wise person always rejoices.
80
Irrigators direct the water, fletchers bend the arrow; Carpenters shape the wood, And the wise tame themselves.
81
Just as a solid rock, is not shaken by the wind; So too in blame and praise, the wise do not waver.
82
Just as a deep lake, clear and undisturbed; So too, having heard the teachings, the wise become tranquil.
83
Indeed, the virtuous renounce [attachment for] everything, the peaceful do not babble, craving sensual pleasures; When touched by pleasure or by displeasure, the wise do not exhibit elation or dejection.
84
Not for one's own sake, nor for another's, nor desiring son, wealth, or land; One should not wish for prosperity through misconduct, one should be ethical, righteous and wise.
85
Few among humans are those, who cross over to the further shore; But the rest of the people, merely run along the bank.
86
And those who follow the Dhamma, well-taught and rightly expounded; Those people will cross over, the realm of death, which is so difficult to escape.
87
Abandoning the dark qualities, the wise one should cultivate the bright; Having gone from home to homelessness, in solitude, which is hard to find.
88
One should desire happiness there, having abandoned sensual pleasures, with nothing; the wise one should purify oneself, from defilements of the mind.
89
For those whose mind has been well-developed, in the factors of awakening; Who, free from attachment, are devoted to not holding onto; The ones whose taints are destroyed, who are radiant, those are fully quenched in the world.