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 1     8  (16)|       be practiced. But why are harmlessness and the other states regarded
 2     8  (16)|        other qualities are. On "harmlessness" see Note 17.  (2)-(11)
 3     8  (17)|                         Comy.: "Harmlessness is called 'effacement,'
 4     8  (17)|          Sub.Comy.: "But why is harmlessness (or nonviolence, ahimsa)
 5     8  (17)|        the root of all virtues; harmlessness, namely, is a synonym of
 6     8  (17)|      induced by false views). ~"Harmlessness (i.e., the principle of
 7     8  (17)|      the mark of harming. Hence harmlessness is an especially strong
 8     8  (17)|         for wisdom. In that way harmlessness (non-violence) is the root
 9     8  (17)|        beginning. ~"Now, (after harmlessness), the salutary courses of
10     8  (17)|    these states are produced by harmlessness. Then follow the eight states
11     8  (21)|      there is the ready road of harmlessness, walking on which one may
12     8, 5   |        given to harmfulness has harmlessness to lead him upward.22 ~(
13     8  (22)|       is with that one state of harmlessness for him who is harmless." ~
14     8, 6   |        given to harmfulness has harmlessness by which to attain to the
15     8  (26)|    similarly only a volition of harmlessness can quench a harmful volition.    ~
16    19      |            thinking imbued with harmlessness another sort. ~"And as I
17    19      | abandoning thinking imbued with harmlessness, his mind is bent by that
18    19      |  resolute, thinking imbued with harmlessness arose. I discerned that '
19    19      |      that 'Thinking imbued with harmlessness has arisen in me; and that
20    19      |   pursuing thinking imbued with harmlessness, abandoning thinking imbued
21    19      |       that thinking imbued with harmlessness. ~"Just as in the last month
22   117      |       freedom from ill will, on harmlessness. This is the right resolve