The wise should be watchfulduring at least one of the three watches.Let each person first direct oneself to what is right;then let one teach others; thus the wise will not suffer.If a person makes oneself as one teaches others to be,then being well-controlled, that one might guide others,since self-control is difficult.Self is the master of…
If a person is slow in doing good,one’s mind will find pleasure in wrong.If a person does what is wrong, let one not do it again.Let one not find pleasure in wrong.Painful is the accumulation of bad conduct.If a person does what is good, let one do it again.Let one find joy in it.Happiness is…
Those who are aware do not die.The thoughtless are as if dead already.The wise having clearly understood this,delight in awarenessand find joy in the knowledge of the noble ones.These wise ones, meditative, persevering,always using strong effort,attain nirvana, the supreme peace and happiness.If a person is awake, aware, mindful, pure, considerate,self-restrained, and lives according to duty,that…
If one speaks or acts with an impure thought,suffering follows one,like the wheel of the cart follows the foot of the ox.What we are is the result of what we have thought,is built by our thoughts, is made up of our thoughts.If one speaks or acts with a pure thought,happiness follows one,like a shadow that…
by what track can you lead that one,the awakened, the omniscient, the trackless?The one whom no desirewith its snares and poisons can lead astray,by what track can you lead that one,the awakened, the omniscient, the trackless?Even the gods emulate those who are awakened and aware,who are given to meditation, who are wise,and who find joy…
you will understand that which was not made.If the Brahmana has reached the other shore in both laws (in restraint and contemplation),all bonds vanish from him who has obtained knowledge.He for whom there is neither this nor that shore, nor both, him,the fearless and unshackled, I call indeed a Brahmana.He who is thoughtful, blameless, settled,…
