Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 5

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One who says of a thing that was not that it was goes to hell, also one who does a thing and yet says he has not done. Both of them on leaving the world will share the same fate else­where, for they are men of vile action.

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Many with the yellow robe on do evil without restraint. They are evil men who, because of their evil doings, take birth in Hell.

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Better it were to swallow a flaming iron-ball than to eat of alms quested while leading a dissolute life.

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Four are the realms where the foolish who desire another man's wife are relegated: the realm of no merit, the realm of on sleep, the realm of censure and Hell itself.

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The only gain is demerit and sinful the end. Brief is the pleasure of a fearful man and a fearful woman, the punishment heavy that the Law inflicts. Therefore man must not go to another's wife.

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As a blade of grass wrongly held cuts the hand, even so ascetic discipline wrongly done drags one to hell.

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Whatever work is done with looseness, whatever rule is ob­served under compulsion, whatever discipline is felt as painful does not bring about a great result.

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A work that has to be done must be done with a firm zeal. An ascetic that loosely wanders about raises dust upon dust.

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It is better not to do a wrong thing; a wrong thing done brings repentance. It is better to do the right thing; a right thing done brings no repentance.

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As a fortress-city is guarded from within and from without, even so guard yourself. Do not waste even a moment. A moment wasted, you are thrown into Hell and you have only to lament.   ­

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One who is ashamed of a thing not to be ashamed of, one who is not ashamed of a thing to be ashamed of, possesses a false vision and comes to an evil end.

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One who has fear for a thing not to be afraid of, one who has no fear for a thing to be afraid of possesses a false vision and comes to an evil end.

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One who thinks of abandoning a thing not to be abandoned, but finds in a thing to be abandoned a thing not to be aban­doned possesses a false vision and comes to an evil end.

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He who knows what is to be rejected and rejects it, he who knows what is not to be rejected and does not reject it possesses the right vision and reaches the blissful end.

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