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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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5: The Chapter about Fools – 66<br />

There is no real ownership<br />

The millionaire miser Ānanda was reborn in great poverty and<br />

distress, and had to beg for his meals; he returned to his<br />

previous home, but was thrown out by his son; the Buddha<br />

then asked Ānanda to show his son where he buried his gold,<br />

and his son converted; the Buddha then spoke this verse.<br />

62. “Puttā matthi, dhanam-matthi,” iti bālo vihaññati,<br />

attā hi attano natthi, kuto puttā, kuto dhanaṁ?<br />

“Sons are mine, and riches are mine,”<br />

so the fool suffers vexation,<br />

when even self is not his own,<br />

how then sons, and how then riches?

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