Chapter Xxii
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An act carelessly performed, a broken vow, and hesitating
obedience to
An act carelessly performed, a broken vow, and hesitating obedience to discipline, all this brings no great reward ... An evil deed is better left undone, for a man
An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent ... As a grass-blade, if badly grasped, cuts the arm, badly-practised asceticism
As a grass-blade, if badly grasped, cuts the arm, badly-practised asceticism leads to hell ... Better it would be to swallow a heated iron ball,
Better it would be to swallow a heated iron ball, like flaring fire, than that a bad unrestrained fellow should live on the charity of the land ... Four things does a wreckless man gain who covets his
Four things does a wreckless man gain who covets his neighbour's wife,--a bad reputation, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell ... He alone who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone
He alone who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone and sleeping alone, he, subduing himself, will rejoice in the destruction of all desires alone, as if living in a forest The Downward Course ... He who says what is not, goes to hell; he
He who says what is not, goes to hell; he also who, having done a thing, says I have not done it After death both are equal, they are men with evil deeds in the next world ... If anything is to be done, let a man do
If anything is to be done, let a man do it, let him attack it vigorously! A careless pilgrim only scatters the dust of his passions more widely ... Like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without, so
Like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without, so let a man guard himself Not a moment should escape, for they who allow the right moment to pass, suffer pain when they are in hell ... Many men whose shoulders are covered with the yellow gown
Many men whose shoulders are covered with the yellow gown are ill-conditioned and unrestrained; such evil-doers by their evil deeds go to hell ... There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell),
There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell), there is the short pleasure of the frightened in the arms of the frightened, and the king imposes heavy punishment; therefore let no man think of his neighbour's wife ... They who are ashamed of what they ought not to
They who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they ought to be ashamed of, such men, embracing false doctrines enter the evil path ... They who fear when they ought not to fear, and
They who fear when they ought not to fear, and fear not when they ought to fear, such men, embracing false doctrines, enter the evil path ... They who forbid when there is nothing to be forbidden,
They who forbid when there is nothing to be forbidden, and forbid not when there is something to be forbidden, such men, embracing false doctrines, enter the evil path ...