In this chapter, we learn that the old man is still alive, and that he is being guarded by guards. The old man tells the young man that his mother has been reborn into a rich and happy family. The young man is grateful to him for his kind words, and he says that he admires himself for his ability to comfort others. He says that when he was a child, his parents were his spiritual support, but now that he has lost them, he is not able to rely on them anymore.