Illusion exterminates thousands of truths.
Just as a crane is produced from an egg and an egg from a crane, in the same way delusion springs from desire and desire gives birth to delusion.
If there were numberless mountains of gold and silver as big as mount Kailasa. they would not satisfy a greedy person; for desire is endless like the sky.
By conquering anger, the soul attains forgiveness.
Who out of pride, humiliates others, is an ignorant person.
By conquering greed, contentment is achieved.
One whose mind is always inflicted by greed, who is never content, who always remains mentally anguished, who has unsatiated desires, can he ever obtain happiness ?
A revengeful person creates enmity and then takes delight in being revengeful. This chain continues and brings in its wake endless misery.
Anger, prejudice, ungratefulness and wrong faith—these are the four blemishes that destroy all the virtues present in a person.