Verse 53.
053.
As from a great heap of flowers many garlands can be made, even so should many good deeds be done by one born a mortal.
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yathapi puppharasimha kayira malagune bahu evam jatena maccena kattabbam kusalam bahum
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Verse 52.
052.
Like a beautiful flower full of color and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them.
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yathapi ruciram puppham vannavantam sagandhakam evam subhasita vaca saphala hoti sakubbato
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Verse 51.
051.
Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them.
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yathapi ruciram puppham vannavantam agandhakam evam subhasita vaca aphala hoti akubbato
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Verse 50.
050.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
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na paresam vilomani na paresam katakatam attano va avekkheyya katani akatani ca
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Verse 49.
049.
As a bee gathers honey from the flower without injuring its color or fragrance, even so the sage goes on his alms-round in the village.
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yatha pi bhamaro pubbham vannagandham ahethayam paleti rasamadaya evam game muni care
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Verse 48.
048.
The Destroyer brings under his sway the person of distracted mind who, insatiate in sense desires, only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
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pupphani h’eva pacinantam byasattamanasam naram atittam yeva kamesu antako kurute vasam
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Verse 47.
047.
As a mighty flood sweeps away the sleeping village, so death carries away the person of distracted mind who only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
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pupphani h’eva pacinantam byasatta manasam naram suttam gamam mahogho’va maccu adaya gacchati
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Another meaning, which is incorporated into Chenrezigs mantra OM MANI PADME HUM is the Perfection of Wisdom Heart Sutra.
OM MANI PADME HUM has 6 syllables, which can be interpreted as the Heart Sutra's description of emptiness:
No eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind
no visual form, no sound, no smell, no taste, no object of touch, no mental objects
no visual consciousness, no auditory consciousness, no olfactory consciousness, no taste consciousness, no tactile consciousness, no mental consciousness
LCR, June 2020