¤Bad relations between retired and present rulers, father and son, and elders and younger brothers develop from selfish motives. The proof of this is that there are no such bad relations between master and retainer.
¤There is nothing felt quite so deeply as Giri. There are times when someone like a cousin dies and it is not a matter of shedding tears. But we may hear of someone who lived 50 or 100 years years ago, of whom we know nothing and who has no family ties with us whatsoever, can you at from a sense of Giri shed tears.
¤There is nothing so painful as regrets. We would all like to be without it. However, when we are very happy and become elated, or when we habitually jump into something thoughtlessly, later we are distraught, and it is for the most part because we did not think ahead and are now regretful.
Certainly we should try not to become dejected, and when very happy should calm our minds.
¤If in one's heart
He follows the path of sincerity,
Though he does not pray,
Will not the gods protect him?
A man answered him by saying, you seem to like poetry. I will answer you with a poem.
As everything in the world is but a sham,
Death is the only sincerity.
So it is said that becoming as a Dead man in one's daily living is the following of the path of sincerity.
¤When you are listening to the stories of accomplished men and the like, you should listen with deep sincerity, even if its something about which you already know. If in listening to the same thing 10 or 20 times it happens that you come to an unexpected understanding, that moment will be very special. Within tedious talk of old folks are there meritorious deeds.
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