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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
V, 26.
way, by thought and right attention (listening), a man should diligently inure himself to engender “wisdom.” 2078
Having acquired the threefold: wisdom, then, though blind, the eye of wisdom sees throughout; but without wisdom the mind is poor and insincere (false); such things cannot suit (agree with) the man who has left his home. 2079
Wherefore let the enlightened man lay well to heart that false and fruitless (vain) things become him not, and let him strive with single mind for that pure (refined and excellent) joy which can be found alone in perfect rest and quietude (the place of rest and peace, i.e. Nirvana). 2080
'Above all things be not careless, for carelessness is the chief foe of virtue; if a man avoid this fault he may be born where Sakra-raga dwells. 2081
He who gives way to carelessness of mind must have his lot where the Asuras dwell. Thus have I done my task, my fitting task, (in setting forth the way of) quietude, the proof (work) of love”. 2082
On your parts be diligents (earnest)l with virtuous purpose practise well these rules (works), in quiet solitude of desert hermitage nourish and cherish a still and peaceful heart. 2083
Is this the wisdom of Buddha, dharma and sangha ? or does it refer to the trividyâs, the knowledge of impermanence, sorrow, and unreality? See Childers, Pali Dict. sub vijja; also Mr. Rhys Davids' Tevigga Sutta, Introduction, Sacred Books of the Fast, vol. xi.
* I have finished my task of love in setting forth to you the way of rest.
Behold now. brethren. I exhort you, saying, “ Decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence!”. Sacred Books of the East, vol. xi, p. 114.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |