Verses on where fear comes from and what steadies it.
There is no fear for an awakened one, whose mind is not sodden (by lust) nor afflicted (by hate), and who has gone beyond both merit and demerit.
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places — to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.
One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain.
From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief, whence then fear?
From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?