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  Chapter twenty two, the downward course. He who says what is not goes
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  to hell. He also, who having done a thing, says I have
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  not done it. After death, both are equal. They are men with
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  evil deeds. In the next world. Many men whose shoulders are covered with
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  the yellow gown are ill conditioned and unrestrained. Such evil doers, by their
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  evil deeds, go to hell. Better it would be to swallow a heated
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  iron ball like flaring fire, than that a bad, unrestrained fellow should live
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  on the charity of the land. Four things does a reckless man gain who
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  covets his neighbor's wife a bad reputation, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly punishment,
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  and lastly hell. There is bad reputation and the evil way to hell.
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  There is the short pleasure of the frightened in the arms of the frightened,
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  and the king imposes heavy punishment. Therefore, let no man think of his
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  neighbor's wife as a grass blade, if badly grasped cuts the arm. Badly
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  practiced asceticism leads to hell. An act carelessly performed, a broken vow,
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  and hesitating obedience to discipline. All this brings no great reward. If anything
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  is to be done, let a man do it. Let him attack it
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  vigorously. A careless pilgrim only scatters the dust of his passions. More widely,
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  an evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it
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  afterwards. A good deed is better done for having done it, one does
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  not repent like a well guarded frontier, fought with defenses within and without.
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  So Let a man god himself. Not a moment should escape, For they
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  who allow the right moment to pass suffer pain when they are in hell.
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  They who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed of, and
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  are not ashamed of what they ought to be ashamed of. Such men,
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  in braining false doctrines enter the evil path. They who fear when they ought
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  not to fear, and fear not when they ought to fear. Such men
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  embracing false doctrines enter the evil path. They who forbid when there is nothing
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  to be forbidden, and forbid not when there is something to be forbidden.
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  Such men embracing false doctrines enter the evil path. They who know what is
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  forbidden as forbidden, and what is not forbidden as not forbidden. Such men
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  embracing the true doctrine. Enter the good path. End of chapter twenty two,