"With behavior such as mine
I will not attain a human body again.
If I do not attain it,
I will commit sin and never be virtuous.

If I do not cultivate virtue
Even when I have the chance to do so,
What virtue will I cultivate in a miserable realm,
Completely confused and suffering?

If I cultivate no virtue
And accumulate sins, I will not hear even the name
"Happy realms" for a billion eons.

Thus the Bhagavan said
That this human life is as difficult to obtain
As it is for a sea turtle to put its neck
Into a yoke tossing about on the vast ocean.

If even a single moment's wrongdoing
Causes you to abide in the Unrelenting Hell for an eon,
It goes without saying that you will not enter a happy realm
Due to sins heaped up since beginningless time."

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds