139. One who is virtuous, possessed of virtue, is like an antidote for destroying the poison of defilements in beings, is like a healing balm for allaying the sickness of defilements in beings, like precious gems for granting all beings their wishes, he is like a ship for beings to traverse the four floods. He or she is like a caravan leader for taking beings across the desert of repeated births, like the wind for extinguishing the three fierce fires in beings, like a great rain cloud for filling beings with good thoughts, like a teacher for encouraging beings to train themselves in what is skilled, like a good guide for pointing out to beings the path to security.
Mil.195* (Mil 5.4.5)
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