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伴愚必然生　
自赞毁他过，
好谈世间乐，
无义不善事。

Keep company with them and what will follow?
Self-aggrandizement and scorn for others,
Talk about the “good things” of samsara –
Every kind of vice is sure to come.

妒高竞相等，
傲卑赞复骄，
逆耳更生瞋，
处俗怎得益？

Jealous of superiors, they vie with equals,
Proud to those below, they strut when praised.
Say something untowards, they seethe with rage;
What good was ever had from childish folk?

忠告则生瞋，
反劝离诸善；
若不从彼语，
瞋怒堕恶趣。

A beneficial word and they resent it,
While all they do is turn me from the good.
And if to what they say I close my ears,
Their anger burns, the cause of lower states.

#6
未遇则不喜，不能入等至；
纵见不知足，如昔因爱苦。

#7
若贪诸有情，则障实性慧，
亦毁厌离心，终遭愁叹苦。

#8
若心专念彼，此生将虚度；
无常众亲友，亦坏真常法。

#9
行为同凡愚，必堕三恶趣；
心欲赴圣境，何需近凡愚？

#10
刹那成密友，须臾复结仇，
喜处亦生瞋，凡夫取悦难！