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\nThe Adept<\/font><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/b>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

No
\nsorrow exists for one who has completed his journey, who has let fall all
\ncares, who is free in all his parts, who has cast off all bonds. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Those
\nwho are heedful strive always and, like swans leaving their lakes, leave one
\nhome after another. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Those
\nwho amass nothing, who eat moderately, who have perceived the emptiness of all
\nthings and who have attained unconditioned liberation, their path is as
\ndifficult to trace as that of a bird in the air. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One
\nfor whom all desires have passed away and who has perceived the emptiness of
\nall things, who cares little for food, who has attained unconditioned
\nliberation, his path is as difficult to trace as that of a bird in the air. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Even
\nthe Gods esteem one whose senses are controlled as horses by the charioteer,
\none who is purged of all pride and freed from all corruption. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One
\nwho fulfils his duty is as immovable as the earth itself. He is as firm as a
\ncelestial pillar, pure as an unmuddied lake; and for him the cycle of births is
\ncompleted. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Calm
\nare the thoughts, the words and the acts of one who has liberated himself by
\nthe true knowledge and has achieved a perfect tranquillity. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ngreatest among men is he who is not credulous <\/span><\/i>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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but
\nhas the sense of the Uncreated, who has cut all ties, who has destroyed all
\noccasion for rebirth.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Whether
\nvillage or forest, plain or mountain, wherever the adepts may dwell, that place
\nis always delightful. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Delightful
\nare the forests which are shunned by the multitude. There, the adept, who is
\nfree from passion, will find happiness, for he seeks not after pleasure. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>There is a very interesting
\nsentence here: \u201cHe who is not credulous but has the sense of the Uncreated….\u201d
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

One who is not credulous \u2013 all kinds of
\nthings can be understood from this word. The first impression is that it refers
\nto one who does not believe in invisible things without having an experience of
\nthem, as distinct from people who follow, for example, a particular religion
\nand have faith in dogmas simply because that is what they have been taught. But
\nhe \u201chas the sense of the Uncreated\u201d, that is to say, he is in contact with
\ninvisible things and knows them as they are, by identity. The Dhammapada has
\ntold us, to begin with, that the greatest of men is he who has no faith in what
\nis taught but has a personal experience of things that are not visible, he who
\nis free from all belief and has himself had the experience of invisible things.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Another explanation can also be given: one
\nwho is not credulous is he who does not believe in the reality of appearances,
\nin things as we see them, who does not take them for the truth, who knows that
\nthese are only misleading appearances and that behind them lies a truth that is
\nto be found and known by personal experience and by identity. <\/span><\/p>\n

And this makes one reflect on the number
\nof things, the countless number of things that we believe without any personal
\nknowledge, simply because we have been taught that they are like that, or
\nbecause we are accustomed to think they are like that, or because we are
\nsurrounded by people who believe <\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 224<\/span><\/p>\n

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that things are like that. If we look at all the things that we
\nbelieve and not only believe but assert with an indisputable authority, \u201cThis
\nis like this\u201d, \u201cThat, but of course it is like that\u201d, \u201cAnd\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>this thing, yes, it is so…. \u201cIn truth,
\nhowever, we know nothing about it, it is simply because we are in the habit of
\nthinking that they are like that. What are the things that you have experienced
\npersonally, with which you have had a direct contact, of which you can at least
\nsay with sincerity, \u201cI am convinced that it is like that, because I have
\nexperienced it\u201d? Not many. <\/span><\/p>\n

In reality, if you truly want to have
\nknowledge, you must begin by making a very important study: verify the things
\nthat we have been taught, even the most common and the most insignificant. Then
\nyou will understand why the text says \u201cthe greatest among men\u201d, because I do
\nnot think that many have made this experiment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Just to find out the number of things we believe
\nand assert, simply because it is customary to believe and assert them, is
\nindeed a very interesting discovery. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now go and look into your thought and
\nconsciousness for all the things that you assert without proof. You will see!  <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>28 March 1958 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 225<\/span><\/p>\n

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