“When the wise one drives out heedlessness by heedfulness, he climbs the tower of wisdom and, free of sorrow, looks down on the sorrowing, as one standing on a mountain looks at those on the plain.”
The hint
The one who climbs to the top looks down, and not in pride. Three rails. Down, up, down.
The cipher
SIUMTM
— The Dhammapada · II · c. 3rd c. BCE
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