Chapter on Serenity 静虑品

#16
犹如蜂采蜜；为法化缘已，
如昔未谋面，淡然而处之。

#17
吾富受恭敬，众人皆喜我。
若持此骄慢，殁后定生惧。

#18
故汝愚痴意，无论贪何物，
定感苦果报，千倍所贪得。

#19
故智不应贪，贪生三途怖。
应当坚信解：法性本应舍。

#20
纵吾财物丰，令誉遍称扬，
所集诸名利，非随心所欲。

纵吾财物丰，
令誉遍称扬，
所集诸名利，
非随心所欲。

For people may have gained a wealth of riches,
Enjoying reputation, sweet renown.
But who can say where they have gone to now,
With all the baggage of their gold and fame?

故智不应贪，
贪生三途怖。
应当坚信解：
法性本应舍。

Indeed, O foolish and afflicted mind,
You want, you crave for everything,
This “everything” will grow and turn
To suffering increased a thousandfold.

故汝愚痴意，
无论贪何物，
定感苦果报，
千倍所贪得。

Indeed, O foolish and afflicted mind,
You want, you crave for everything,
This “everything” will grow and turn
To suffering increased a thousandfold.

吾富受恭敬，
众人皆喜我。
若持此骄慢，
殁后定生惧。

“Oh, I am rich, surrounded by attention,
I have so much, and life is wonderful!”
Nourish such complacency and later,
After death, your fears will start!

犹如蜂采蜜；
为法化缘已，
如昔未谋面，
淡然而处之。

Therefore flee the company of childish people.
Greet them, when you meet, with smiles
That keep on terms of pleasant courtesy,
While not inviting close familiarity.

#11
忠告则生瞋，反劝离诸善；
若不从彼语，瞋怒堕恶趣。

#12
妒高竞相等，傲卑赞复骄，
逆耳更生瞋，处俗怎得益？

#13
伴愚必然生　自赞毁他过，
好谈世间乐，无义不善事。

#14
是故近亲友，徒然自招损。
彼既无益我，吾亦未利彼。

#15
故应远凡愚，会时喜相迎，
亦莫太亲密，善系君子谊。

故应远凡愚，
会时喜相迎，
亦莫太亲密，
善系君子谊。

Therefore flee the company of childish people.
Greet them, when you meet, with smiles
That keep on terms of pleasant courtesy,
While not inviting close familiarity.

是故近亲友，
徒然自招损。
彼既无益我，
吾亦未利彼。

Only ruin can result
From links like these, between yourself and others.
For they will bring no benefit to you,
And you in turn can bring them nothing good.

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.