The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of Mâra. |
The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality. |
The way was preached by me, when I had understood the removal of the thorns (in the flesh). |
The wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack. |
The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel. |
The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled. |
The world does not know that we must all come to an end here,but those who know it, their quarrels cease at once. |
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. |
There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell), there is the short pleasure of the frightened in the arms of the frightened, and the king imposes heavy punishment. |
There is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher than rest. |
There is no satisfying lusts, even by a shower of gold pieces; he who knows that lusts have a short taste and cause pain, he is wise. |
There is no suffering for him who has finished his journey, and abandoned grief, who has freed himself on all sides, and thrown off all fetters. |
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised. |
These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong powers, attain to immortality, the highest happiness. |
They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little; there is no one on earth who is not blamed. |