Saturday, May 23, 2015

Dhammapada 85-86 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


6 - Panditavagga, The Wise
10 - Dhammassavana Vatthu
Appaka te manussesu,
ye jana paragamino;

athayam itara paja,
tiramevanudhavati.

Ye ca kho sammadakkhate,
dhamme dhammanuvattino;

te jana paramessanti,
maccudheyyam suduttaram.

85: Few among men reach the other shore (Nibbana); all the others only run up and down on this shore.
86: But those who practise according to the well-expounded Dhamma will reach the other shore (Nibbana), having passed the realm of Death (i.e., samsara), very difficult as it is to cross.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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