"Our good or evil deeds follow us continually like shadows. 17
"That which is most needed is a loving heart! 18
"Regard thy people as men do an only son. Do not oppress them, do not destroy them; keep in due check every member of thy body, forsake unrighteous doctrine and walk in the straight path. Exalt not thyself by trampling down others, but comfort and befriend the suffering. 19
"Neither ponder on kingly dignity, nor listen to the smooth words of flatterers. 20
"There is no profit in vexing oneself by austerities, but meditate on the Buddha and weigh his righteous law. 21
"We are encompassed on all sides by the rocks of birth, old age, disease, and death, and only by considering and practising the true law can we escape from this sorrow-piled mountain. 22
"What profit, then, in practising iniquity? 23
"All who are wise spurn the pleasures of the body. They loathe lust and seek to promote their spiritual existence. 24
"When a tree is burning with fierce flames, how can the birds congregate therein? Truth cannot dwell where passion lives. He who does not know this, though he be a learned man and be praised by others as a sage, is beclouded with ignorance. 25
"To him who has this knowledge true wisdom dawns, and he will beware of hankering after pleasure. To acquire this state of mind, wisdom is the one thing needful. To neglect wisdom will lead to failure in life. 26