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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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8: The Chapter about the Thousands – 115<br />

Better to see the deathless<br />

When Kisā Gotamī sought medicine for her dead son, the<br />

Buddha asked her to bring mustard seeds from a house that<br />

has never seen death; she learned during her quest that<br />

everyone dies, and the Buddha taught her further with this<br />

verse.<br />

114. Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve apassaṁ amataṁ padaṁ,<br />

ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo passato amataṁ padaṁ.<br />

One might live for a hundred years<br />

without seeing the deathless state,<br />

but a life of one day’s better<br />

for one seeing the deathless state.

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