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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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14: The Chapter about the Buddha – 180<br />

Money cannot bring satisfaction<br />

One monk had gained an inheritance of one hundred coins<br />

from his Father and thought to return to the lay life; the<br />

Buddha pointed out that the money would not be not enough to<br />

support himself, and related the Mandhātā Jātaka which<br />

shows that no matter how much a person has he will never be<br />

satisfied.<br />

186-187. Na kahāpaṇavassena titti kāmesu vijjati,<br />

“Appassādā dukhā kāmā,” iti viññāya paṇḍito,<br />

api dibbesu kāmesu ratiṁ so nādhigacchati.<br />

Taṇhakkhayarato hoti Sammāsambuddhasāvako.<br />

Not through coins is satisfaction<br />

found for sense desires, the wise one<br />

knowing: “Pleasures have little joy,<br />

much suffering,” does not delight<br />

even in heavenly pleasures.<br />

The disciple of the Buddha<br />

delights in craving’s destruction.

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