CHAPTER X
PUNISHMENT
All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death; remember that you are
like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
All men tremble at punishment, all men love life; remember that thou art
like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also
long for happiness, will not find happiness after death.
He who, seeking his own happiness, does not punish or kill beings who
also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.
Do not speak harshly to anyone; those who are spoken to will answer thee
in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch
thee.
If, like a shattered metal plate (gong), thou utter nothing, then thou
hast reached Nirvana; anger is not known to thee.
As a cow-herd with his staff drives his cows into the stable, so do Age
and Death drive the life of men.
A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds: but the wicked man
burns by his own deeds, as if burnt by fire.
He who inflicts pain on innocent and harmless persons, will soon come to
one of these ten states:--
He will have cruel suffering, loss, injury of the body, heavy
affliction, or loss of mind.
A misfortune coming from the king, or a fearful accusation, or loss of
relations, or destruction of treasures.
Lightning-fire will burn his houses; and when his body is destroyed, the
fool will go to hell.
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