The Pairs 13

Even as rain gets into an ill-thatched house,
Even so lust penetrates an undeveloped mind.

The Pairs 12

Knowing the essential as the essential,
And the unessential as the unessential,
They who feed on right thoughts as such
Achieve the essential.

The Pairs 11

In the unessential they imagine the essential,
In the essential they see the unessential;
They who feed on wrong thoughts as such
Never achieve the essential.

The Pairs 10

But he who has discarded defilements,
Firmly established in moral precepts,
Possessed of self-control and truth,
Is indeed worthy of the yellow robe.

The Pairs 9

Whosoever, not freed from defilements,
Without self-control and truthfulness,
Should put on the yellow robe-He is not worthy of it.

The Pairs 8

As the wind does not overthrow a rocky mount,
So Mara indeed does not overpower him
Who lives unattached to sense pleasures,
Who lives with his senses well-controlled,
Who knows moderation in his food,
And who is full of faith and high vitality.

The Pairs 7

As the wind overthrows a weak tree,
So does Mara overpower him
Who lives attached to sense pleasures,
Who lives with his sense uncontrolled,
Who knows not moderation in his food,
And who is indolent and in active.