[108] Cunda, that one who is himself sunk in the mud should pull out another who is sunk in the mud — this is impossible. That one who is not himself sunk in the mud should pull out another who is sunk in the mud — this is possible. That one who is himself untamed, undisciplined, not fully extinguished, should tame another, discipline him, and bring him to full extinguishment (parinibbāna) — this is impossible. That one who is himself tamed, disciplined, fully extinguished, should tame another, discipline him, and bring him to full extinguishment — this is possible.
In just the same way, Cunda:
For an individual who is harmful, it is non-harming that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who kills living beings, it is abstention from killing living beings that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who takes what is not given, it is abstention from taking what is not given that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who does not live the holy life, it is the holy life (brahmacariya) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who speaks falsely, it is abstention from false speech that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who speaks divisively, it is abstention from divisive speech that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who speaks harshly, it is abstention from harsh speech that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who engages in idle chatter, it is abstention from idle chatter that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is covetous, it is non-covetousness that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual whose mind (citta) is given to ill will, it is freedom from ill will (byāpāda) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong view, it is right view that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong intention, it is right intention that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong speech, it is right speech that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong action, it is right action that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong livelihood, it is right livelihood that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong effort, it is right effort that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong mindfulness (sati), it is right mindfulness that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong concentration (samādhi), it is right concentration that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong knowledge (ñāṇa), it is right knowledge that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of wrong liberation, it is right liberation that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual overcome by dullness and drowsiness (thīna-middha), it is freedom from dullness and drowsiness that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is restless, it is freedom from restlessness that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual given to doubt (vicikicchā), it is the crossing beyond doubt that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual given to anger, it is freedom from anger that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who harbors resentment, it is non-resentment that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual given to denigration, it is non-denigration that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of domineering attitude, it is freedom from a domineering attitude that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is envious, it is freedom from envy that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is stingy, it is non-stinginess that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is fraudulent, it is absence of fraudulence that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is deceitful, it is absence of deceit that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is obstinate, it is non-obstinacy that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is arrogant, it is absence of arrogance that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is difficult to admonish, it is being easy to admonish that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who has bad friends, it is having good friends that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is heedless, it is heedfulness (appamāda) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual without faith, it is faith (saddhā) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual without moral shame, it is moral shame (hiri) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual without fear of wrongdoing, it is fear of wrongdoing (ottappa) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of little learning, it is great learning that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who is lazy, it is the arousing of energy (vīriya) that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of muddled mindfulness, it is established mindfulness that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual of weak wisdom, it is accomplishment in wisdom that serves for extinguishment.
For an individual who adheres to his own views, holds them tenaciously, and relinquishes them with difficulty, it is non-adherence to one's own views, not holding them tenaciously, and relinquishing them with ease that serves for extinguishment.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.