5 Seeing to this, Neglecting that. . . But when the mind stops setting One thing against another, It no longer craves pleasure. It no longer cares for wealth Or religious duties or salvation.
6 Craving the pleasures of the senses, You suffer attachment. Disdaining(~を価値のないものとみなす) them, You learn detachment. But if you desire nothing, And disdain nothing, Neither attachment nor detachment bind you.
7 When you live without discrimination, Desire arises. When desire persists, Feelings of preference arise, Of liking and disliking. They are the root and branches of the world.
8 From activity, desire. From renunciation, aversion. But the man of wisdom is a child. He never sets one thing against another. It is true! He is a child.
9 If you desire the world, You may try to renounce it In order to escape sorrow. Instead, renounce desire! Then you will be free of sorrow, And the world will not trouble you.
10 If you desire liberation, But you still say "mine," If you feel you are the body, You are not a wise man or seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.