{
  "dhp256:0.1": "Minor Collection ",
  "dhp256:0.2": "Sayings of the Dhamma 256–272 ",
  "dhp256:0.3": "19. The Just ",
  "dhp256:0.4": "",
  "dhp256:1": "You don’t become just ",
  "dhp256:2": "by passing hasty judgment. ",
  "dhp256:3": "An astute person evaluates both ",
  "dhp256:4": "what is pertinent and what is irrelevant. ",
  "dhp257:1": "A wise one judges others without haste, ",
  "dhp257:2": "justly and impartially; ",
  "dhp257:3": "that guardian of the law ",
  "dhp257:4": "is said to be just. ",
  "dhp258:0": "",
  "dhp258:1": "You’re not an astute scholar ",
  "dhp258:2": "just because you speak a lot. ",
  "dhp258:3": "One who is secure, free of enmity and fear, ",
  "dhp258:4": "is said to be astute. ",
  "dhp259:0": "",
  "dhp259:1": "You’re not one who has memorized the teaching ",
  "dhp259:2": "just because you recite a lot. ",
  "dhp259:3": "Someone who directly sees the teaching ",
  "dhp259:4": "after hearing only a little ",
  "dhp259:5": "is truly one who has memorized the teaching, ",
  "dhp259:6": "for they can never forget it. ",
  "dhp260:0": "",
  "dhp260:1": "You don’t become a senior ",
  "dhp260:2": "by getting some grey hairs; ",
  "dhp260:3": "for one ripe only in age, ",
  "dhp260:4": "is said to have aged in vain. ",
  "dhp261:1": "One who is truthful and principled, ",
  "dhp261:2": "harmless, restrained, and self-controlled, ",
  "dhp261:3": "attentive, purged of stains, ",
  "dhp261:4": "is said to be a senior. ",
  "dhp262:0": "",
  "dhp262:1": "Not by mere enunciation, ",
  "dhp262:2": "or a beautiful complexion ",
  "dhp262:3": "does a person become holy, ",
  "dhp262:4": "if they’re jealous, stingy, and devious. ",
  "dhp263:1": "But if they’ve cut that out, ",
  "dhp263:2": "dug it up at the root, eradicated it, ",
  "dhp263:3": "that intelligent one, purged of vice, ",
  "dhp263:4": "is said to be holy. ",
  "dhp264:0": "",
  "dhp264:1": "A liar and breaker of vows is no ascetic ",
  "dhp264:2": "just because they shave their head. ",
  "dhp264:3": "How on earth can one be an ascetic ",
  "dhp264:4": "who’s full of desire and greed? ",
  "dhp265:1": "One who stops all wicked deeds, ",
  "dhp265:2": "great and small, ",
  "dhp265:3": "because of stopping wicked deeds ",
  "dhp265:4": "is said to be an ascetic. ",
  "dhp266:0": "",
  "dhp266:1": "You don’t become a mendicant ",
  "dhp266:2": "just by begging from others. ",
  "dhp266:3": "One who has undertaken domestic duties ",
  "dhp266:4": "has not yet become a mendicant. ",
  "dhp267:1": "But one living a spiritual life, ",
  "dhp267:2": "who has banished both merit and evil, ",
  "dhp267:3": "who wanders having appraised the world, ",
  "dhp267:4": "is said to be a mendicant. ",
  "dhp268:0": "",
  "dhp268:1": "You don’t become a sage by being sagelike, ",
  "dhp268:2": "while still confused and ignorant. ",
  "dhp268:3": "The astute one who holds the scales, ",
  "dhp268:4": "taking only the best, ",
  "dhp269:1": "and shunning the bad—",
  "dhp269:2": "that is a sage, <j>and that is how one becomes a sage. ",
  "dhp269:3": "One who sagely weighs both in the world, ",
  "dhp269:4": "is thereby said to be a sage. ",
  "dhp270:0": "",
  "dhp270:1": "You don’t become a noble one ",
  "dhp270:2": "by harming living beings. ",
  "dhp270:3": "One harmless toward all living beings ",
  "dhp270:4": "is said to be a noble one. ",
  "dhp271:0": "",
  "dhp271:1": "Not by precepts and observances, ",
  "dhp271:2": "nor by much learning, ",
  "dhp271:3": "nor by meditative immersion, ",
  "dhp271:4": "nor by living in seclusion, ",
  "dhp272:1": "do I experience the bliss of renunciation ",
  "dhp272:2": "not frequented by ordinary people. ",
  "dhp272:3": "A mendicant cannot rest confident ",
  "dhp272:4": "without attaining the end of defilements. ",
  "dhp272:5": ""
}