Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 5


Of the Just

 

[1]

 

One who comes hastily to a judgement, cannot be just. He indeed is wise who can distinguish between the just and the unjust.

 

[2]

 

Who judges others in full knowledge, according to law and equity; the wise one who guards the Law is indeed called "the just".

 

[3]

 

One does not become wise by talking much; one is called wise if one is forbearing, without fear or foe.

 

[4]

 

It is not that the more you talk the more you become the upholder of the Law. Even if you hear a little of the Law, but observe it by your body, if you do not deviate from the Law, then you become the upholder of the Law.

 

[5]

 

He is not an Elder whose head has turned grey; he has simply grown in years, he has become old in vain.

 

[6]

 

He is called an Elder in whom dwell Truth and Law, amity and self-control and self-restraint, the wise one who is cleansed of all impurities.

 

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[7]

 

One cannot be saintlike by the finish of one's speech or by the polish of one's complexion if one is jealous and envious and malicious.

 

[8]

 

He indeed is said to be saintlike, he is wise in whom all these things have been eradicated, uprooted from the very bottom, who is cleansed of all impurities.

 

[9]

 

One who does not follow the Path, who speaks untruth, who is full of desire and greed cannot be the saint-mendicant by merely shaving his head.

 

[10]

 

He is the saint-mendicant who has eradicated all impurities, great or small, because of this eradication of impurities.

 

[11]

 

One does not become a saint-mendicant simply by begging alms of others nor by observing all the cults.

 

[12]

 

He indeed is called a saint-mendicant who transcends here below both sin and virtue, remains wholly pure and leads a life of knowledge in the world.

 

[13]

 

One who is foolish and ignorant does not become a Hermit by merely keeping silent. He is wise who holds the balance, as it were.

 

[14]

 

Keeping the good and rejecting the evil: he is a sage because of this, he has a right knowledge of both the worlds.

 

[15]

 

He is not Noble who hurts living creatures; one becomes Noble by not doing violence to anyone.

 

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[16 & 17]

 

It is not through moral precepts nor ritual observances nor through much learning nor through still meditation nor a lonely life nor by thinking. "I have attained the felicity, the Deliverance which men of the world never enjoy", that you can be a Disciple. Do not believe it, until you have achieved the total extinction of desire.

 

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