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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 – 76<br />

Learning only hurts a fool<br />

A young man learned the art of stone-throwing, but used it to<br />

kill a Paccekabuddha; he was reborn in Avīci, the hell of<br />

relentless suffering, and later as a ghost whose head was<br />

constantly crushed by sixty-thousand sledgehammers; the<br />

Buddha explained what happens to fools who gain knowledge<br />

with this verse.<br />

72. Yāvad-eva anatthāya ñattaṁ bālassa jāyati,<br />

hanti bālassa sukkaṁsaṁ, muddham-assa vipātayaṁ.<br />

Learning arises for a fool<br />

only to his disadvantage,<br />

it destroys the fool’s good fortune,<br />

it will destroy his very head.

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