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Thag 1.101

Belaṭṭhānika

Belaṭṭhānikattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Ones

Chapter Eleven

Belaṭṭhānika

He’s given up the household life, <j>but is far from perfect.
Living for his belly, lazy, <j>he uses his snout as a plow,
like a great hog stuffed with grain.
That dullard is reborn again and again.

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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