An ochre robe tied ’round their necks,
many with evil qualities
–unrestrained, evil–
rearise, because of their evil acts,
in hell.
Four things befall the heedless man
who lies down with the wife of another:
a wealth of demerit;
a lack of good sleep;
third, censure;
fourth, hell.
Just as sharp-bladed grass,
if wrongly held,
wounds the very hand that holds it–
the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped,
drags you down to hell.
Like a frontier fortress,
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don’t let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.
Ashamed of what’s not shameful,
not ashamed of what is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
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