Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 5

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Hasten towards the Good, turn the mind away from evil; if you do good in sloth, the mind will indulge in evil.

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If a man does an evil thing, he must not repeat it, he must not indulge it. Painful is the accumulation of evil.

[3]

If a man does a good thing, let him repeat it, let him indulge it. Happiness comes of the accumulation of the good.

[4]

The evil-doer finds it all good, so long as the evil does not ripen. As soon as evil ripens than the evil-doer finds it all evil.

[5]

The goodly man finds it all evil, so long as the good does not ripen. When the good ripens then the goodly man finds it all good.

[6]

Think not lightly of Evil, saying, "It will not come to me". Water-drops falling constantly fill up the jar, even so the ignorant man gathers evil little by little and becomes full of it.

[7]

Think not lightly of the good, saying "it will not come to me". Water-drops falling constantly fill up the jar, even so the wise man gathers the good little by little and it is full of it.

[8]

A merchant who has few companions but a great treasure avoids dangerous roads, even so a man who loves his life should avoid evil.

[9]

If the hand has no wound, it can carry poison even. Poison

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cannot affect one who has no wound. Even so, sin does not touch him who has done nothing.

[10]

If a man offends a person who is harmless, pure and innocent, the evil falls back on him, like fine dust cast against the wind.

[11]

Some come to birth again, the evil-doers go to hell, the righteous to heaven, the desireless to Nirvana.

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Neither in the sky, nor in the depths of the ocean, nor within the mountain cave is there a spot in the whole world where one can escape one's evil deeds.

[13]

Neither in the sky, nor in the depths of the ocean, nor within the mountain cave is there a spot where Death cannot assail.

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