- Giving himself to things to be shunned and not exerting where exertion is needed, a seeker after pleasures, having given up his true welfare, envies those intent upon theirs.
- Seek no intimacy with the beloved and also not with the unloved, for not to see the beloved and to see the unloved, both ✌️ are painful 😓.
- Therefore hold nothing dear, for separation from the dear is painful. There is no bonds for those who have nothing beloved or unloved.
- From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear. Fro him who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief, whence then fear?
- From affection springs grief, from affection springs fear. From him who is wholly free from affection there is no grief, whence then fear?
- From attachment springs grief, from attachment springs fear. From him who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence then fear?
- From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear. From him who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
- From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. From him who is wholly free from crazing there is no grief; whence then fear?
- People hold dear him who embodies virtue and insight, who is principled, has realized the truth, and who himself does what he ought to be doing.
- One who is intent upon the Ineffable (Nibbana), dwells with mind inspired (by supramundane wisdom), and no more bound by sen pleasures - such a man is called “One Bound Up-stream”.
- When after a long absence, a man safely returns from afar, his relatives, friends, and well-wishers welcome him home on arrival.
- As kinsmen welcome a dear one on arrival, even so his own good deeds will welcome the doer of good who has gone from this world to the next.

Dhammapada Chapter 16:209-213

Dhammapada Chapter 16:214-220