A disciple in training will comprehend this earth, the realm of death and the realm of the gods. A disciple in training will investigate the well-taught Path of Virtue, even as an expert garland-maker picks flowers.
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame.
Hatred never ceases through hatred in this world; through love alone they cease. This is an eternal law.
