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SN 1.58

Deviation

Uppathasutta

from: 6. Old Age

Deviation

“What’s declared to be a deviation?
What is ending day and night?
What’s the stain of chastity?
What’s the waterless bath?”

“Lust is declared to be a deviation.
Youth is ending day and night.
Women are the stain of chastity,
to which this generation clings.
Fervor and chastity
are the waterless bath.”

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

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