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THE BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE
§ 1. On Good, Evil and Sin
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Do good. Be no party to evil. Commit no sin.
This is the Buddhist way of life.
If a man should do that which is good, let him do it again and again, let him turn the desires of his heart thereto. Happy is the heaping of good.
Think not casually of the good saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. By little added to little does good grow.
But well done is that deed which brings one no regrets, the fruit whereof is received with delight and satisfaction.
Well done is the deed which done brings no regrets, the fruit whereof is received with delight and satisfaction.
If a man does what is good, let him do it again ; let him delight in it; the accumulation of good is delightful.
Even a good man sees, evil days so long as his good deed does not ripen; but when his good deed ripens, then does the good man see good things.
Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, it will not come right unto me. Even by the falling of water drops a water-pot is filled—the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gathers it little by little.
Far surpassing the fragrance of sandal or incense or lotus or jasmine, is the fragrance of virtue.
Faint is this fragrance of incense and sandal, but the fragrance of virtue ascends to the highest place.
Treat not lightly of evil, saying it will not come to me. Drop by drop is the water pot filled. By little added to little evil accumulates.
It is not well to do a deed which done brings regrets, the fruit whereof is received with tears and lamentations.
If a man speaks or acts evil of mind, suffering follows him close as the wheel the hoof of the beast that draws the cart.
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