ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྔ་སྒྲའ་ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ 8

8

The learned will swiftly leave for other places.

“ ‘Wherever people indulge in violence
To make their living,
And are frivolous in thought, word, and deed,
The learned will swiftly leave for other places.

“ ‘Wherever people are overcome by jealousy,
And can never accept the success of others,
Or maliciously resort to treachery and duplicity,
Those who care for their own good must leave for other places.

“ ‘Wherever people are bent on committing evil,
Seek veneration while resorting to treachery and duplicity,
Or are impure both within and without,
Those who care for their own good must leave for other places.

“ ‘Wherever people lack respect, and
Are lacking good manners, proud, and arrogant, and
Wherever the childish constantly belittle the learned,
Those who care for their own good must leave for other places.

“ ‘Wherever you can find food and drink,
Clothing and sustenance,
Go there—
Dwell not in havens that breed desire.

“ ‘Abandon craving, which occasionally even causes fights,
Abandon arrogance, which is always inflated and vain,
Abandon anger, which bears only harmful consequences,
And abandon friends, who do not visit when you are in need.

“ ‘Abandon ignorance, which is like a fiery path;
Abandon desire, which is like an ungrateful friend;
Abandon attachment, which is like a nāga with terrifying fangs; and
Abandon suffering, which is like well-armed enemy.

“ ‘Abandon your wife, that horrific nāginī;
Give up your children, who are like fire burning on your head;
Give up your household, which is like a contagious disease; and
Give up desire, which is like a poisonous drink.

“ ‘For the sake of the family, one must give up a member;
For the sake of the town, one must give up a family;
For the sake of the country, one must give up a town; and
For one’s own sake, one must give up the world.

“ ‘For the sake of their limbs, people will give up money;
And for the sake of their lives, they will give up their limbs.
Yet, to practice the Dharma, one must give away everything—
Wealth, limbs, and even one’s life.