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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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11: The Chapter about Old Age – 149<br />

Growing old but not wise<br />

The monk Lāḷudāyi was always reciting the wrong verses –<br />

dirges at weddings, and joyful verses at funerals, and so on;<br />

the Buddha explained that he did the very same in a past life<br />

and spoke this verse.<br />

152. Appassutāyaṁ puriso balivaddo va jīrati,<br />

maṁsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti, paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati.<br />

The person of little learning<br />

increases in age like an ox,<br />

for although his flesh does increase,<br />

his wisdom does not increase.

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