2.1
Awareness is the domain of
no-death.
Delusion is the domain of
death.
One who abides in
Awareness cannot die.
One who abides in delusion
remains dead.
2.2
The wise, knowing
Awareness,
rejoicing in Awareness,
abide with delight in the
domain of the great.
2.3
The wise – earnest in
meditation,
Self-remembered, absorbed
in Awareness –
realize boundless Nirvana,
and secure the peace of
freedom.
2.4
Glory grows fro one who is
energetic, self-remembered,
considerate, restrained,
selfless, mindful,
and who lives Dhamma.
2.5
The wise, through energy
and mindfulness,
earnestness and restraint,
become an island no flood
can submerge.
2.6
The foolish abandon
themselves to delusion.
The wise treasure only
Awareness.
2.7
Do not succumb to
delusion.
Do not devote your energy
to desire.
Aware and self-remembered,
the wise are content and
fulfilled.
2.8
The sage, his ignorance
dissolved in Awareness,
abides sorrowless at the
summit of insight,
and looks upon the
deluded, sorrowing masses,
as one gazing from a
mountaintop
on the valley below.
2.9
Aware among the deluded,
awake among the sleeping,
the sage moves
effortlessly to the fore,
like a racehorse running
with nags.
2.10
With Awareness, Indra
became supreme among gods.
Awareness is ever revered.
Delusion is ever rejected.
2.11
The seeker who reveres
Awareness and rejects delusion
becomes like a fire,
burning through the
fetters of bondage.
2.12
The seeker who reveres
Awareness and rejects delusion
cannot fail.
Nirvana is ever near.