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Who
will conquer this world of illusion and the kingdom
Of Yama1 and the world of
the gods? Who will discover the path of the Law as
the skilled gardener discovers the rarest of flowers
?
The
disciple on the right path will conquer this world
of illusion and the kingdom of Yama and the world
of the gods. He will discover the path of the Law
as the skilled gardener discovers the rarest of flowers.
Knowing
his body to be as impermanent as foam and as illusory
as a mirage, the disciple on the right path will shatter
the flowery arrow of Mara and will rise beyond the
reach of the King of Death.
Death
carries away the man who seeks only the flowers of
sensual pleasure just as torrential floods carry away
a sleeping village.
Death,
the destroyer, overcomes the man who seeks only the
flowers of sensual pleasure before he can satisfy
himself.
The
sage should go from door 10 door in his village, as
the bee gathers honey from the flowers without bringing
harm to their colours or their fragrance.
Do
not criticise others for what they do or have not
done, but be aware of what, Yourself, You do or have
not done.
Just
as a beautiful flower which is radiant yet
lacks fragrance, so are the beautiful words of one
who does not act accordingly.
Just
as a beautiful flower which is both radiant and sweetly
scented, so are the beautiful words of one who acts
accordingly.
Just
as many garlands can be made from a heap of flowers,
so a mortal can accumulate much merit by good deeds.
The
fragrance of flowers, even that of sandalwood or incense,
even that of jasmine, cannot go against the wind;
but the sweet fragrance of intelligence goes against
the wind. All around the man if intelligence spreads
the fragrance of his virtue.
No
fragrance, not even that id sandalwood or incense,
nor of the lotus nor of jasmine, can be compared with
the fragrance of intelligence.
Weak
is the fragracne of incense or sandalwood compared
to that of a virtuos man which reaches up to the highest
of divinities.
Mara
cannot discover the way that those beings follow who
lead a life of perfect purity and which are liberated
by their total knowledge.
AS
the beautiful scented lily rises by the wayside, even
so the disciple of the Perfectly Enlightened One,1
radiant with intelligence, rises from
the blind and ignorant multitude.
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