I shall declare the mode of life that benefits the soul; by practising it many souls have crossed the ocean of worldly existence. (1)

One should desist from one thing, and practise another: desist from neglect of self-control, and practise self-control. (2)

Love and hatred are two evils which produce bad deeds; if a monk always avoids them, he will not remain in the circle of worldly bondage. (3)

A monk who always avoids the thrice threefold hurtful, conceited, and delusive acts, will not remain in the circle of worldly bondage. (4)

A monk who well bears calamities produced by unseen powers, animals, or men, will not remain, and the rest. (5)

A monk who always avoids the four different kinds of praises, passions, expressions of the emotions, and of the four meditations the two sinful ones, will not remain, and the rest. (6)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the five vows, the five objects of sense, the five rules of conduct, and five actions, will not remain, and the rest. (7)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the six kinds of colouring of the soul, the six kinds of bodies, and the six regular functions such as eating, will not remain, and the rest. (8)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the seven rules of accepting alms, and the seven causes of danger to other men, will not remain, and the rest. (9)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the eight objects of pride, to that which protects his chastity, and to the tenfold Law of the monks. (10)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the eleven duties of the laymen, and the twelve duties of the monks, will not remain, and the rest. (11)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the thirteen actions productive of sin, to the various fourteen kinds of living beings, and the fifteen places of punishment of the wicked, will not remain, and the rest. (12)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the sixteen Gathas, and to the seventeen kinds of neglect of self-control, will not remain, and the rest. (13)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the eighteen kinds of continence, to the nineteen lectures of the Jnata, and the twenty cases for not concentrating one's thoughts, will not remain, and the rest. (14)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the twenty-one forbidden actions, and the twenty-two troubles, will not remain, and the rest. (15)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the twenty-three lectures of the Sutrakritanga, and to the twenty-four classes of angels, will not remain, and the rest. (16)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the twenty-five clauses, and to the recitation of the twenty-six chapters of the Dasas and the rest, will not remain, and the rest. (17)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the twenty-seven virtues of the laity, and the twenty-eight lectures of the Prakalpa, will not remain, and the rest. (18)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the twenty-nine causes of wrong knowledge, and the thirty causes of delusion, will not remain, and the rest. (19)

A monk who always exerts himself with regard to the thirty-one qualities of the perfected, and the rest, the thirty-two operations, and thirty-three faults against respect, will not remain, and the rest. (20)

A clever monk who always exerts himself with regard to the above-mentioned points, will soon be thoroughly released from the bonds of worldly life. (21)

Thus I say.