Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
Hatred never ceases through hatred in this world; through love alone they cease. This is an eternal law.
Speak not harshly to anyone. Those thus addressed will retort. Painful, indeed, is vindictive speech. Blows in exchange may bruise you.
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.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
Make haste in doing good; check your mind from evil; for the mind of him who is slow in doing meritorious actions delights in evil.