Happiness

CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
Happiness.

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197.
O happily we live
Angerless amid the angry!
O happily we spend our days
Amid the angry angerless!

198.
O happily we live
In health amid the sickly ones!
O happily we spend our days
Amid the sickly ones in health!

199.
O happily we live
Free from greed amid the greedy!
O happily we spend our days
Amid the greedy free from greed!

200.
O happily we live
Who have not anything at all!
Like ever-radiant gods above,
Our food immortal joys shall be.

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201.
Hate follows victory;
Conquered ones sit sorrowing.
But the calm live blissfully,
Renouncing conquest and defeat.

202.
There is no fire like lust;
No sin brings such ill-luck[3] as hate;
No pains so great as body's pains;
No bliss is like the perfect Calm.[4]

203.
Hunger's the greatest plague,
Embodied life the greatest woe;
Whoso knows this in truth, can say:
"Nibbāna is the Bliss Supreme."

204.
Health is the greatest gain;
Contentment is the greatest wealth;
Best kinsman is the trusty friend;
Nibbāna is the Bliss Supreme.

205.
Who tastes the savour sweet
Of solitude, who drinks of calm,
Is free from terror, free from sin,
Draining the nectar of the Norm.

206.
'Tis good to see the saints;
To dwell with them is blessedness;
If he should never fools behold,
A man could dwell in happiness.

207.
The company of fools
Ne'er fails to bring distress.
To live with fools brings suffering,
As living with an enemy,
But wise men's company brings bliss,
As being with dear relatives.

208.
If one be good and wise,
Well-versed in lore profound,
Long-suffering, dutiful, a saint,
Righteous and wise; if such there be,
Follow his footsteps, as the moon
Follows the path of the stars.
[1] This chapter applies especially to those who have retired from the world.

[3] Ill-luck, kali, the unlucky throw in playing dice.

[4] Nibbāna.