Friday, May 9, 2008

He who knows

"He who knows wrath, knows pride;
he who knows pride, knows deceit;
he who knows deceit,knows greed;
he who knows greed, knows love;
he who knows love, knows hate;
he who knows hate, knows delusion;
he who knows delusion, knows conception;
he who knows conception, knows birth;
he who knows birth, knows death;
he who knows death, knows hell;
he who knows hell, knows animal existance;
he who knows animal existance, knows pain;
Therefore a wise man should avoid wrath, pride, deceit,
greed, love, hate, delusion, conception, birth, death,
hell, animal existance and pain."

Nagarjuna