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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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13: The Chapter about the World – 171<br />

The wise go out of the world<br />

Ven. Ānanda waited while thirty monks met with the Buddha,<br />

who brought them all the way to Arahatship, after which they<br />

flew away; seeing they were no longer there Ven. Ānanda<br />

asked where they had gone and the Buddha explained they had<br />

left in the same way as the geese who they saw flying in the air<br />

at that moment.<br />

175. Haṁsādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā,<br />

nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā Māraṁ savāhanaṁ.<br />

Geese go through the path of the sky,<br />

through the heavens by their power,<br />

the wise are led out of the world,<br />

defeating Māra and his host.

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