object:19.09 - On Evil
book class:Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol 05
author class:Nolini Kanta Gupta
subject class:Integral Yoga
class:chapter
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Other Authors Nolini Kanta Gupta DhammapadaPaliOn Evil
On Evil
[1]
Hasten towards the Good, turn the mind away from evil; if you do good in sloth, the mind will indulge in evil.
[2]
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 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.
[12]
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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