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Thag 3.13

Abhibhūta

Abhibhūtattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Abhibhūta

Listen up, all my relatives,
those who have gathered here:
I’ll teach you Dhamma!
Painful is birth again and again.

Rouse yourselves, try harder!
Devote yourselves to the instructions of the Buddha!
Crush the army of death,
as an elephant a hut of reeds.

Whoever shall meditate diligently
in this teaching and training,
giving up transmigration,
will make an end to suffering.

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

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