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Ja 53

The Full Cups: a past life story

3. Puṇṇapātijātaka

Hope

The Full Cups: a past life story

The cups stay just as full,
while the ignorant talk goes on.
For this reason I know
this is not an excellent beer.

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks.

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