Faith is the firm foundation of my house
Diligence the template for its high wall
Meditation builds redoubt blocks of brick
with Wisdom great, the cornerstone of all.
With these four precepts I, my castle built
Lasting long as purest truth eternal.
But your worldly houses, built with guilt,
are but false delusions, snares infernal
These are prisons for mere mortal demons
whose offspring are delusion and deceit
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Shun their presence says the voice of reason;
false, transient friends, with whom we should not meet.
My mind's awareness is my new found spouse.
Join yours with mine or else I leave this house.