नत्थि कालस्स णागमो
Death can arrive anytime
Arrival of death
Death! How horrible is this word? Who would like to get it? None. If anybody were to die in the family, then the entire family is engulfed in the sea of sorrow. Continue reading “Arrival of death” »
Refrain from greed
लोभमलोभेण दुगंछमाणे
लद्धे कामे नाभिगाहइ
लद्धे कामे नाभिगाहइ
Rejecting greed with non-greed, an aspirant uses not the available objects of interest
Patience in the Truth
सच्चम्मि धिइं कुव्वह
Have patience in the truth, keep staying in
Accumulate not
बहुं पि लद्धुं न निहे
One should not accumulate even if more be available
Vigilant or Unvigilant
सव्वओ पमत्तस्स भयं,
सव्वओ अप्पमत्तस्स नत्थि भयं
सव्वओ अप्पमत्तस्स नत्थि भयं
Unvigilant is afraid everywhere; vigilant is not afraid anywhere
Doubt not
वितिगिच्छासमावेणं अप्पाणेणं
नो लहइ समाहिं
नो लहइ समाहिं
Doubtful can never get liberated
Impatience
आतुरा परितावेंति
Impatient gives sorrow
Let awakened be not unvigilant
उट्ठिए, नो पमायए
I am alone
एगे अहमसि, न मे अत्थि कोई,
न वाऽहमवि कस्स वि
न वाऽहमवि कस्स वि
I am alone, no body is mine and I also do not belong to anyone
Speak not harshly
नो वयणं फरूसं वइज्जा
Speech is of two kinds – harsh and mild. In angry and cruel mood, it is crude; and mild when one is humble and quiet. Speech of kindness, compassion, sympathy, love, relations, affection, and deceit is mild. Against this, speech of cruelty, aversion, anger, haughtiness is discordant. Continue reading “Speak not harshly” »
