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341. Whatsoever thing a man hath renounced, from the grief arising from that thing hath he liberated himself.

342. If thou want joy, renounce early : for many are the delights that thou shalt enjoy after renouncing.

343. Crush thou the five senses : and everything in which thou takest delight, give up utterly.

344. To possess nothing, that is the law of the man of vows : the possession of even one thing is a coming back to the snares that he hath left.

345. To those that desire to put an end to their reincarnations, even the body is a superfluity : how much more then are other bonds? Rh