[42] That is to say, The love of parents for their child may impede their spiritual progress—not only in this world, but through all their future states of being,—just as a _kubikasé_, or Japanese cangue, impedes the movements of the person upon whom it is placed. Parental affection, being the strongest of earthly attachments, is particularly apt to cause those whom it enslaves to commit wrongful acts in the hope of benefiting their offspring.—The term Sangai here signifies the three worlds of Desire, Form, and Formlessness,—all the states of existence below Nirvâna. But the word is sometimes used to signify the Past, the Present, and the Future. 51.—_Kuchi wa wazawai no kado._ The mouth is the front-gate of all misfortune.[43] [43] That is to say, The chief cause of trouble is unguarded speech. The word Kado means always the main entrance to a residence. 52.—_Kwahō wa, nété maté._ If you wish for good luck, sleep and wait.[44] [44] _Kwahō_, a purely Buddhist term, signifying good fortune as the result of good actions in a previous life, has come to mean in common parlance good fortune of any kind. The proverb is often used in a sense similar to that of the English saying: “Watched pot never boils.” In a strictly Buddhist sense it would mean, “Do not be too eager for the reward of good deeds.” 53.—_Makanu tané wa haënu._ Nothing will grow, if the seed be not sown.[45] [45] Do not expect harvest, unless you sow the seed. Without earnest effort no merit can be gained. 54.—_Matéba, kanrō no hiyori._ If you wait, ambrosial weather will come.[46] [46] _Kanrō_, the sweet dew of Heaven, or _amrita_. All good things come to him who waits. 55.—_Meidō no michi ni Ō wa nashi._ There is no King on the Road of Death.[47] [47] Literally, “on the Road of Meidō.” The _Meidō_ is the Japanese Hades,—the dark under-world to which all the dead must journey. 56.—_Mekura hebi ni ojizu._ The blind man does not fear the snake.[48] [48] The ignorant and the vicious, not understanding the law of cause-and-effect, do not fear the certain results of their folly. 57.—_Mitsuréba, hakuru._ Having waxed, wanes.[49] [49] No sooner has the moon waxed full than it begins to wane. So the height of prosperity is also the beginning of fortunes decline. 58.—_Mon zen no kozō narawanu kyō wo yomu._ The shop-boy in front of the temple-gate repeats the sutra which he never learned.[50]