One is the quest for worldly gain, and quite another is the path to Nibbana. Clearly understanding this, let not the monk, the disciple of the Buddha, be carried away by worldly acclaim, but develop detachment instead.

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añña hi labhupanisa añña nibbanagamini evametam abhiññaya bhikkhu buddhassa savako sakkaram nabhinandeyya vivekamanubruhaye

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"Let both laymen and monks think that it was done by me. In every work, great and small, let them follow me" — such is the ambition of the fool; thus his desire and pride increase.

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mam eva kata maññantu gihi pabbajita ubho mame’va ativasa assu kiccakiccesu kismici iti balassa sankappo iccha mano ca vaddhati

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The fool seeks undeserved reputation, precedence among monks, authority over monasteries, and honor among householders.

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asatam bhavanamiccheyya purekkharañca bhikkhusu avasesu ca issariyam puja parakulesu ca

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To his own ruin the fool gains knowledge, for it cleaves his head and destroys his innate goodness.

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yavadeva anatthaya nattam balassa jayati hanti balassa sukkamsam muddhamassa vipatayam

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Truly, an evil deed committed does not immediately bear fruit, like milk that does not turn sour all at once. But smoldering, it follows the fool like fire covered by ashes.

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na hi papam katam kammam sajju khiram’va muccati dahantam balamanveti bhasmacchanno’va pavako

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Month after month a fool may eat his food with the tip of a blade of grass, but he still is not worth a sixteenth part of the those who have comprehended the Truth.

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mase mase kusaggena balo bhunjetha bhojanam na so sankhatadhammanam kalam agghati solasim

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So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief.

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madhu’va maññati balo yava papam na paccati yada ca paccati papam atha balo dukkham nigacchati

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Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which one reaps with delight and happiness.

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tanca kammam katam sadhu yam katva nanutappati yassa patito sumano vipakam patisevati

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Ill done is that action of doing which one repents later, and the fruit of which one, weeping, reaps with tears.

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na tam kammam katam sadhu yam katva anutappati yassa assumukho rodam vipakam patisevati

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Fools of little wit are enemies unto themselves as they move about doing evil deeds, the fruits of which are bitter.

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caranti bala dummedha amitten’eva attana karonta papakam kammam yam hoti katukapphalam

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