From harm to oneself, fear arises, Observe the people involved in conflicts; I will recount the urgency of awakening, as it has profoundly stirred within me.

Seeing beings floundering, like fish in shallow water; Seeing them obstructed by one another, fear overcame me.

The world is completely essence-less, all directions are unsettled; Desiring a sanctuary for myself, I saw no place secure.

Indeed, at the ultimate impasse, understanding the obstruction, discontent arose in me; Here then, I discerned the dart, hard to perceive and lodged deep within the heart.

Afflicted by that dart, my mind raced in all directions; Upon extracting that very dart, I neither fled nor faltered.

In that regard, trainings are praised, Those which are highly esteemed in the world, One should not be engrossed in them; Having fully penetrated all sense-desires, One should train for one's own liberation.

One should be truthful, humble, straightforward, and free from deceit or slander; Without anger, free from greed the sage overcomes these impurities.

One should dwell free of sleepiness, fatigue, and dullness, not dwell in negligence; One should continue without self-importance, with a mind inclined towards Nibbāna.

Do not be misled by falsehood, nor cultivate attachment to mere appearances; Fully understand conceit, and conduct oneself without impulsiveness.

Do not delight in the old, nor seek comfort in the new; Do not grieve for what is declining, and do not become bound by craving.

Greed, I say, is the great flood, longing, a swift and sweeping current; The forming of intentions, the compulsion, the mire of sense-desires is difficult to escape.

The sage, not deviating from the truth, stands firmly on the ground; having relinquished all, he is indeed called 'peaceful'.

Indeed, he who is wise and has perfect knowledge, having understood the Dhamma, they are independent; rightly he conducts himself in the world, desiring nothing from anyone.

One who has crossed beyond sense-desires, the bond in the world so hard to surmount; he neither grieves nor resents, having crossed the stream, he is unbound.

What was before, let it wither away, let there be nothing after; if you grasp not at the middle, you will live in peace.

In all of name-and-form, for whom there is no 'mine-making' ; Does not grieve for that which is not, such a one suffers no loss in the world.

For whom there is no 'this is mine', nor anything belonging to others; Finding no 'mine-ness', he does not grieve, saying 'nothing is mine'.

Without harshness, without greed, without impulses, equal towards all; I declare these benefits, When asked about the unwavering one.

For the one knowing the unperturbed, there are no volitional formations at all; Not engaging in new ventures, he sees safety everywhere.

Neither in equal nor in unequal, Nor in the superior does the sage speak; Peaceful, free from stinginess, He neither delights in nor rejects anything.