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THE BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE
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this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand ! Cherish the road of peace. Nirvana has been shown by the Sugata.
Do not follow the evil law ! Do not live on in thoughtlessness ! Do not follow false doctrine !
Rouse thyself! Do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue ! The virtuous rests in bliss in this world.
He who formerly was reckless and afterwards became sober brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.
He whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.
If a man has transgressed the one law, and speaks lies, there is no evil he will not do.
Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive after Nirvana, their passions will come to an end.
This is an old saying. ‘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.
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised.
Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue. Leave the sins of the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind.
Earnestness is the path of Nirvana, thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
§ 13. Mix not True Dhamma with False Dhamma
- Those who mistake false for true and true for false, there abides wrong-mindedness—they arrive not at the truth.
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