2 - 4

a:Little by little a wise man cleanses

himself of blemishes,

like smith purifying silver. (Dhammapada, 239)

(문맥) purify = cleanse

b:As a silversmith

removes the dross of silver,

remove your own impurities

little by little.

(문맥) dross = impurity

은세공이 은의 때를 벗기듯이, 그대 자신의 때를

벗겨라, 조금씩 조금씩. (법구경, 239)

(명상) The true mind is originally pure:

those who exercise it make their own defilement.

참 마음은 본래 깨끗하나

그것을 사용하는 사람들이 스스로 그것을 더럽힌다.

2 - 5

a:One who doesevil grieves in this life, grieves in the next,

grieves in both worlds. Seeing one's own defiledacts brings grief.

(문맥) defiled = evil. acts = deeds

b:The evil doer grieves here and