The Dhammapada · 3 of 3 · tr. F. Max Müller

Chapter VII, Section 1c

In the mischief done by the eye, we have, perhaps, the first indication of the evil eye.

(Mahâbh.

XII, 3417.

See Dhammapada, vv.

231-234 .) On the technical meaning of tâdi, see Childers, s.v.

D'Alwis (p.

78) has evidently received the right interpretation, but has not understood it.

Mâd ri sa also is used very much like tâd ris a, and from it mâriso, a venerable person, in Sanskrit mârsha.] p.

29 97.

The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires, he is the greatest of men.

p.

30 98.

In a hamlet or in a forest, in the deep water or on the dry land, wherever venerable persons (Arhanta) dwell, that place is delightful.

99.

Forests are delightful; where the world finds no delight, there the passionless will find delight, for they look not for pleasures.

Themes

◆Detachment Gelassenheitpraxis

Eckhart's Abgeschiedenheit/Gelassenheit — radical letting-go of will, image, and grasping that opens the soul to God; distinct from inner_silence (quietness) and from material renunciation, and adjacent to Sufi tark and Buddhist non-grasping as a practice rather than a metaphysical claim.

The text describes cutting all ties and removing all temptations as essential for the sage's state.

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◆Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The text emphasizes knowing the uncreated as a key characteristic of the greatest man.

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◆Kingdom Withinanthropology

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

The text states that the greatest man is defined by his internal state of freedom from credulity and knowledge of the uncreated.

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◆Paradox As Teachingethics

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

The text presents a paradoxical statement that forests are delightful only where the world finds no delight.

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◆Renunciation Of Wealthethics

The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle.

The passage explicitly mentions renouncing all desires as a requirement for being the greatest man.

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◆Self Knowledgesoteriology

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

Freedom from credulity and knowledge of the uncreated are presented as central attributes of the liberated sage.

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