This is what should be done by the man who is wise, who seeks the good, and who knows the meaning of the place of peace. Let him do noth- ing that is mean or that the wise would reprove. Even as a mother watches over and protects her child, her only child, so with a boundless mind should one cherish all living beings, radiating friendliness over the entire world, above, below, and all around without limit. So let him cultivate a boundless good will towards the entire world, uncramped, free from ill will or enmity. Abandoning vain discussions, having a clear vision, free from sense appetites, he who is made perfect will never again know rebirth.
Birth is ill, decay is ill, sickness is ill, death is ill.
To be conjoined with what one dis- likes means suffering. To be disjoined from what one likes means suffering. Not to get what one wants, also that means suffering. In short, all grasping at any of the five Skandhas involves suffering. It is that craving which leads to rebirth, accompanied by delight and greed, seek- ing its delight now here, now there, i.e. craving for sensuous experience, craving to perpetuate oneself, craving for extinction.