8.
The Chapter on the Thousands
100.
One beneficial term is better, hearing which one becomes calm.
101.
One verse is better, hearing which one becomes calm.
102.
One passage of the Teaching is better, hearing which one becomes calm.
103.
Yet he who conquers himself alone, he indeed is the best of battle-victors.
104.
For a self-restrained person, always conducting oneself with restraint.
105.
Could turn to defeat the victory of such a being.
106.
Yet if one should honour even for a moment one with a developed self;
That very honouring is better than what is offered for a hundred years.
107.
Yet if one should honour even for a moment one with a developed self;
That very honouring is better than what is offered for a hundred years.
108.
All that does not come to a fourth part, paying respect to those who have gone straight is better.
109.
Four qualities increase: life span, beauty, happiness, and strength.
110.
Better is the life of one day, of a moral meditator.
111.
Better is the life of one day, of a wise meditator.
112.
Better is the life of one day, of one who firmly arouses energy.
113.
Better is the life of one day, of one seeing rise and fall.
114.
Better is the life of one day, of one seeing the Deathless state.
115.
Better is the life of one day, of one seeing the highest teaching.
The Chapter on Thousands is concluded as eighth.