ie veritably, is difficult. 4,
To obtain a sight of the prayers of Buddha, is difficult. 5, To have
the happiness to be born in the world of Buddha, is difficult. 6, To
compound with voluptuousness and to be delivered from one's passions,
is difficult. 7, To behold an agreeable object, and not to desire
it, is difficult. 8, To resist a tendency for the lucrative and the
exalting, is difficult. 9, To be insulted, and abstain from anger,
is difficult. 10, In the whirlwind of business to be calm, is
difficult. 11, To study much and profoundly, is difficult. 12, Not
to scorn a man who has not studied, is difficult. 13, To extirpate
pride from the heart, is difficult. 11, To find a virtuous and able
master, is difficult. 15, To penetrate the secrets of nature and the
profundities of science, is difficult. 16, Not to be excited by
prosperity, is difficult. 17, To leave wealth for wisdom, is
difficult. 18, To induce men to follow the dictates of conscience,
is difficult. 19, To keep one's heart always in equal motion, is
difficult. 20, Not to speak ill of others, is difficult.

IV.

"The man who seeks riches, is like a child that, with the sharp point
of a knife, attempts to eat honey; ere he has time to relish the
sweetness that has but touched his lips, nothing remains to him but
the poignant pain of a cut in the tongue.

V.

"There is no passion more violent than voluptuousness! No thing
exceeds voluptuousness! Happily, there is but one passion of this
kind; were there two, not a man in the whole universe could follow
the truth.

VI.

"Buddha pronounced these words in the presence of all the Charmanas:
{76} 'Beware of fixing your eyes upon women! If you find yourselves
in their company, let it be as though you were not present. Take
care how you speak with women. If you talk with them, guard well
your hearts; let your conduct be irreproachable, and keep ever saying
to yourselves: we who are Charmanas, residing in this world of
corruption, must be like the flower of the water-lily, which, amid
muddy water, contracts no stain.'

VII.

"The man who walks in the path of piety must look upon the passions
as dry grass