destroyed, the fool will go to hell.

141. Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying
on the earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can
purify a mortal who has not overcome desires.

142. He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity,
is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault
with all other beings, he indeed is a Brahmana, an ascetic (sramana),
a friar (bhikshu).

143. Is there in this world any man so restrained by humility that he
does not mind reproof, as a well-trained horse the whip?

144. Like a well-trained horse when touched by the whip, be ye active
and lively, and by faith, by virtue, by energy, by meditation, by
discernment of the law you will overcome this great pain (of reproof),
perfect in knowledge and in behaviour, and never forgetful.

145. Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend
the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion
themselves.


Chapter XI
Old Age

146. How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always
burning? Why do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by
darkness?