Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 5

[1]

Abandon anger; reject egoism; overcome all bondage. No suffering assails him, who has no attachment for name and form, who possesses nothing.

[2]

I call him a charioteer who controls his anger that is like a straying chariot; the others merely hold the reins.

[3]

Conquer anger by freedom from anger. Conquer the evil one by goodness, the 'miserly by generosity and the false by truth.

[4]

Speak the truth, never be angry, give when asked even if there be little. These are the three ways by which one approaches the gods.

[5]

The sages who are self-disciplined, who have control over their body go to that undecaying status where one grieves no more.

[6]

They who are wakeful, who train themselves day and night, who are open to Nirvana, will find their blemishes all dis­appearing.

[7]

This is something unexampled; it is of yore, not of today: those who are silent are censured, those who speak much are censured, even those who speak with moderation are also censured. There are none in the world who are never censured.

[8]

There never was, there never will be, there never exists now anyone anywhere who is wholly censured or wholly praised.

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If the wise on a day to day observation praise someone as of flawless conduct, intelligent and endowed with knowledge and character, who then would dare to blame him who is as it were a coin of gold? The gods praise him, even the Creator praises him. .

[11]

Restrain the body from its upsurges, keep it under control. The body must reject bad habits, it must acquire good habits.

[12]

Restrain the tongue from its upsurges, keep it under control. The tongue must reject its bad habits, it must acquire good habits.

[13]

Restrain the mind from its upsurges, keep it under control. Mind must reject bad habits, it must acquire good habits.

[14]

The wise who have control over their body, who have control over their speech, who have control over their mind are indeed wholly and perfectly controlled.

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