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WHEN one is out of Life, one is in Death. The
companions of life are
thirteen; the companions
of Death are thirteen; and, when a living
person moves
into the Realm of Death, his companions are also
thir-
teen. How is this? Because he draws upon the resources
of Life
too heavily.
It is said that he who knows well how to live meets
no tigers or
wild buffaloes on his road, and comes out
from the battle-ground
untouched by the weapons of
war. For, in him, a buffalo would find no
butt for his
horns, a tiger nothing to lay his claws upon, and
a
weapon of war no place to admit its point. How is this?
Because
there is no room for Death in him.
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