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Thag 3.7

Vāraṇa

Vāraṇattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Vāraṇa

Anyone among men
who harms other creatures:
that person will fall
both from this world and the next.

But someone with a mind of love,
sympathetic for all creatures:
a person like that
brims with much merit.

You should all train <j>to learn well-spoken words,
to attend closely to ascetics,
to sit alone in hidden places,
and to calm the mind.

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

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