The Book of the Threes Chapter One Bākula Whoever wishes to do afterwards what they should have done before has lost the causes for happiness, and afterwards they’re tormented by regrets. You should only say what you would do; you shouldn’t say what you wouldn’t do. The wise will recognize one who talks without doing. Oh! Extinguishment is so very blissful, as taught by the fully awakened Buddha: sorrowless, stainless, secure, where suffering all ceases.