He who destroys life, who speaks untruth, who in the world takes what is
not given him, who goes to another man's wife; and the man who gives
himself to drinking intoxicating liquors, he, even in this world, digs
up his own root.
O man, know this, that the unrestrained are in a bad state; take care
that greediness and vice do not bring thee to grief for a long time!
The world gives according to their faith or according to their pleasure:
if a man frets about the food and the drink given to others, he will
find no rest either by day or by night.
He in whom that feeling is destroyed, and taken out with the very root,
finds rest by day and by night.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is
no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of one's self is
difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbor's faults like chaff,
but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the
player.
If a man looks after the faults of others, and is always inclined to be
offended, his own passions will grow, and he is far from the destruction
of passions.
There is no path through the air, a man is not a Samana outwardly. The
world delights in vanity, the Tathagatas (the Buddhas) are free from
vanity.
There is no path through the air, a man is not a Samana outwardly.
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