inking concerned with an empathy for others.2 There are three kinds of unskillful thinking." Fettered to not wanting to be despised; to gains, offerings, respect; to delight in companions: youâre far from the ending of fetters. But whoever here, having abandoned sons, cattle, marriage, intimates: heâs capable –a monk like this– of touching superlative self-awakening. Notes 1. See AN 3:102. 2. According to the Commentary, this refers to a monkâs tendency to be overly intimate with lay people, overly susceptible to the rises and falls in their fortunes, "happy when they are happy, sad when they are sad, busying himself with their affairs." See also: SN 17:5; SN 17:8; Thig 5:6 - --> - - - -