2:9 What Good Behaviour?

324“Having what good behavior,
having what sort of conduct,
fostering what kind of actions,
can a person be properly settled
and attain the highest goal?” (1)

325“One should be respectful toward elders, without envy;
one should know the proper time for seeing one’s teachers.
When a Dhamma talk is occurring, one who knows the occasion
should listen carefully to well-spoken words. (2)

326“One should go to teachers at the proper time,
having dropped one’s pride, with a humble manner. [57]
One should recollect and practice the meaning,
the Dhamma, self-control, and the spiritual life. (3)

327“Delighting in the Dhamma, delighted with the Dhamma,
firm in the Dhamma, knowing how to judge the Dhamma,
one should not engage in talk that corrupts the Dhamma
but should be guided by genuine well-spoken words. (4)

328“Having abandoned laughter, chatter, lamenting,
annoyance, hypocritical deeds, scheming, greed, conceit,
stubbornness, crudeness, blemishes, infatuation:
one should live free from vanity, inwardly firm. (5)

329“What is understood is the core of well-spoken words;
concentration is the core of what has been learned and understood.I prefer Ee sutañca viññātaṃ samādhisāraṃ to Be and Ce sutañca viññātasamādhisāraṃ. The latter reading is adopted by all three editions of Pj II, but the line makes better sense if viññātaṃ is taken as a distinct subject.
Wisdom and learning do not grow
for a person who is impetuous and heedless. (6)

330“Those who delight in the Dhamma taught by the noble ones
are unsurpassed in speech, mind, and action.
Being settled in peace, gentleness, and concentration,
they have reached the core of learning and wisdom.” (7)

Kiṁsīlasutta

324"Kiṁsīlo kiṁsamācāro,
kāni kammāni brūhayaṁ;
Naro sammā niviṭṭhassa,
uttamatthañca pāpuṇe".

325 "Vuḍḍhāpacāyī anusūyako siyā,
Kālaññū cassa garūnaṁ dassanāya;
Dhammiṁ kathaṁ erayitaṁ khaṇaññū,
Suṇeyya sakkacca subhāsitāni.

326 Kālena gacche garūnaṁ sakāsaṁ,
Thambhaṁ niraṅkatvā nivātavutti;
Atthaṁ dhammaṁ saṁyamaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
Anussare ceva samācare ca.

327 Dhammārāmo dhammarato,
Dhamme ṭhito dhammavinicchayaññū;
Nevācare dhammasandosavādaṁ,
Tacchehi nīyetha subhāsitehi.

328 Hassaṁ jappaṁ paridevaṁ padosaṁ,
Māyākataṁ kuhanaṁ giddhi mānaṁ;
Sārambhaṁ kakkasaṁ kasāvañca mucchaṁ,
Hitvā care vītamado ṭhitatto.

329 Viññātasārāni subhāsitāni,
Sutañca viññātasamādhisāraṁ;
Na tassa paññā ca sutañca vaḍḍhati,
Yo sāhaso hoti naro pamatto.

330 Dhamme ca ye ariyapavedite ratā,
Anuttarā te vacasā manasā kammunā ca;
Te santisoraccasamādhisaṇṭhitā,
Sutassa paññāya ca sāramajjhagū"ti.

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Kiṁsīlasuttaṁ navamaṁ.