Chapter 13
167
Follow not the vulgar way;
live not in heedlessness;
hold not false views;
linger not long in worldly exixtence.
168
Arise! Do not be heedless!
Lead a righteous life.
The righteous live happily
both in this world and the next.
169
Lead a righteous life; lead not a base life.
The righteous live happily
both in this world and the next.
170
One who looks upon the world
as a bubble and a mirage,
him the King of Death sees not.
171
Come!Behold this world,
which is like a decorated royal chariot.
Here fools flounder,
but the wise have no attachment to it.
172
He who having been heedless
is heedless no more,
illuminates this world
like the moon freed from clouds.
173
He who by good deeds
covers the evil he has done,
illuminates this world
like the moon freed from clouds.
174
Blink is this world;
here only a few possess insight.
Only a few, like birds escaping from a net,
go to the realms of bliss.
175
Swans fly in the path of the sun;
men pass through the air
by psychic powers;
the wise are led away from the world
after vanquishing Mara and his host.
176
For a liar who has violated
the one law (of truthfulness),
who holds in scorn the hereafter,
there is no evil that he cannot do.
177
Truly, misers fare
not to heavenly realms;
not, indeed, do fools praise generosity.
But the wise man rejoices in giving,
and by that alone does he become
happy hereafter.
178
Better than sole sovereignty
over the earth,
better than going to heaven,
better even than lordship
over all the world
is the supramundane
Fruition of Stream Entrance.*
*Stream-entry (Sotapatti)
First stage of supramundane attainment.
