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e sight of the noble is good, to live with them is always
blessedness; if a man did not see the unwise, he would be truly
happy.
He who consorts with the immature in wisdom suffers a
long journey; company with fools, as with as enemy, is always
painful; company with the steadfast is pleasant like meeting
with kinsfolk.
erefore one should follow the wise, the intelligent, the
learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the noble, one should
follow a good and wise man, as the moon follows the paths of
the stars.
He who gives himself to vanity and does not give himself to
meditation, forgetting the real aim of life and grasping at the
pleasurable, will come to envy him who has exerted himself in
meditation.
Let no man cleave to things that are pleasant or to those that
are unpleasant. Not to see what is pleasant is pain, and it is pain
to see what is unpleasant.
From pleasure comes grief, from affection comes fear; he
who is free from affection neither sorrows nor fears.
From (earthly) affection comes grief, from affection
comes fear; he who is free from affection neither sorrows nor
fears.
From (sensuous) delight comes grief, from such delight comes
fear; he who is free from delight neither sorrows nor fears.
From lust comes grief, from lust comes fear; he who is free
from lust neither sorrows nor fears.
From craving comes grief, from craving comes fear; he who
is free from craving neither sorrows nor fears.
