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Buddhism: Evil
Contributor: Sakoun Sok, NY
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A MAN SHOULD hasten towards the good, and should keep his thought
away from evil; if a man does what is good slothfully, his mind
delights in evil.
If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not
delight in sin: the accumulation of evil is painful. If a man
does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it:
the accumulation of good is delightful.
Even an evil-doer sees happiness so long as his evil deed does
not ripen; but when his evil deed ripens, then does the evil-doer
see evil. Even a good man sees evil days so long as his good deed
does not ripen; but when his good deed ripens, then does the good
man see good things.
Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will
not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot
is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it
little by little.
Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will
not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot
is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gather
it little by little.
Let a man avoid evil deeds, as a merchant, if he has few companions
and carries much wealth, avoids a dangerous road; as a man who
loves life avoids poison.
He who has no wound on his hand, may touch poison with his hand;
poison does not affect one who has no wound; nor is there evil
for one who does not commit evil.
If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil
falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the
wind.
Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous
people go to heaven; those who are free from all, worldly desires
attain Nirvbna.
Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter
into the clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the
whole world where a man might be freed from an evil deed.
Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter
into the clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the
whole world where death could not overcome the mortal.
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