| 21. Triple is
this, the gate to hell, destructive Of the Self: LUST, WRATH, and GREED,Therefore;
these three, one should abandon.The gate to hell: the gate leading to bell
(naraka). By merely entering at the gate, the self is ruined, i. e is fit
for no human end whatever. Since this gate is ruinous to the self, let every
one abandon these three: lust, wrath and greed. Here follows the praise
of this abandonment. |