(1) By reflecting upon the difficulty of obtaining an endowed
and free human body, you should be incited to adopt the
religious career.
(2) By reflecting upon death and the impermanence of life,
may you be incited to live piously.
(3) By reflecting upon the irrevocable nature of the results
which inevitably arise from actions, may you avoid impiety and evil.
(4) By reflecting upon the evils of life in the round of
successive existences, may you seek Emancipation.
(5) By reflecting upon the miseries which all sentient
beings suffer, may you attain deliverance from them by
enlightenment of mind.
(6) By reflecting upon the perversity and illusory nature of
the mind of all sentient beings, may you listen to,
and meditate upon, the Doctrine.
(7) By reflecting upon the difficulty of eradicating erroneous
concepts, may you practice constant meditation [which
overcomes them].
(8) By reflecting upon the predominance of evil propensities
in this
Kali-Yuga [or Age of Darkness], may you be
incited to seek their antidote [in the Doctrine].
(9) By reflecting upon the multiplicity of misfortunes in this
Age of Darkness, may you be incited to perseverance [in
the quest for Emancipation].
(10) By reflecting upon the uselessness of aimlessly frittering
away thy life, may you be incited to diligence [in
the treading of the Path].
These are The Ten Incentives.
