13.
The Chapter on the World
167.
One should not pursue wrong view, one should not be an augmenter of the world.
168.
One who practises the Teaching sleeps happily, in this world and the next.
169.
One who practises the Teaching sleeps happily, in this world and the next.
170.
One who thus regards the world, the King of Death does not see.
171.
Where fools sink down, there is no attachment for those who understand.
172.
He illuminates this world, like the moon released from a cloud.
173.
He illuminates this world, like the moon released from a cloud.
174.
Like a bird freed from a net, few go to heaven.
175.
The wise are led forth from the world, having conquered Māra with his army.
176.
Who has discarded the world beyond, there is no evil that cannot be done.
177.
But the wise one, rejoicing in giving, by that very deed he becomes happy in the hereafter.
178.
By universal power, the fruition of stream-entry is excellent.
The Chapter on the World is concluded as thirteenth.