Dhammapada — Chapter 13: Lokavagga
12 verses
Verse 1
Do not follow low practices; do not live with heedlessness; do not embrace wrong views; do not be one who prolongs worldly existence.
Verse 2
Arise! Do not be heedless! Practise the Dhamma well. One who lives by the Dhamma rests in happiness, in this world and the next.
Verse 3
Practise the Dhamma well; do not practise it wrongly. One who lives by the Dhamma rests in happiness, in this world and the next.
Verse 4
Look upon the world as a bubble; look upon it as a mirage. He who views the world thus, the King of Death does not see.
Verse 5
Come, look at this world, so like a decorated royal chariot, where fools flounder — but for the discerning there is no attachment.