Verse 5. Sutra Five - The Mirror King

Already given up and discarded [views] he has gone beyond,

Abandoning views he is dependent on no one.

Not [pursuing] self-knowledge to appear as one as clever,

Although with what one sees and hears one still practices insight.

是已斷後亦盡，　　
shì yǐ duànhòu yì jǐn,
亦棄想獨行得
yì qì xiǎng dúxíng dé
莫自知以致黠，
Mò zì zhī yǐzhì xiá,　　
雖見聞但行觀。
suī jiànwén dàn xíng guān.

Parallel: The Pali Sutta Nipata, Atthakavagga, Chap. 5, Verse 800

Discussion: 觀 (guan) in the forth line I have translated as insight, the Sanskrit equivalent being vipaśyanā.

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