Whatsoever thing a man hath renounced, from the grief arising from that thing hath he liberated himself.

If thou want joy, renounce early: for many are the delights that thou shalt enjoy after renouncing.

Crush thou the five senses: and everything in which thou takest delight, give up utterly.

To possess nothing, that is the law of the man of vows: the possession of even one thing is a coming back to the snares that he hath left.

To those that desire to put an end to their reincarnations, even the body is a superfluity: how much more then are other bonds?

The feelings of I and Mine are nought but vanity and pride: he who crusheth them entereth a higher world than the world of the Gods.

Behold the man who holdeth on to attachments and giveth not them up: Grief shall take hold of him and shall not give him up.

They that have renounced utterly are on the path to salvation: but the others are caught in a snare.

The moment that attachments are broken, that very moment reincarnations cease: the man who breaketh them not continueth in vanity.

Take thou refuge in Him who hath conquered all attachments: and hold fast to that ark in order that all thy bonds may be broken.