[796]
Faith that lacks calm is unsettling.
Faith that lacks drive is useless.
[797]
Why live to expend
positive and negative karma?
Why not live to create positive karma
to dilute negative karma?
[798]
Why live to expend
positive and negative karma?
Why not live to create positive karma
to dilute negative karma?
[799]
Not doing any evil is good,
but it is not as good
as doing much good too.
[800]
When the inner demon of self is exorcised,
all outer demons are powerless.
[801]
The compassionately wise and skilful
find opportunities to share the Dharma
through every and any occasion.
[802]
Rebirth is
for reformation
and retraining.
[803]
With the four walls of (re)birth, ageing, sickness and death
ever closing upon us,
realising the Dharma is the only way to escape.
[804]
If we truly realise
how our defilements defile us,
would we remain defiled?
[805]
To give without wisdom
is to share your delusion.