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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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6: The Chapter about the Wise – 87<br />

The wise are untouched by contacts<br />

During a famine the Buddha and his monks lived frugally and<br />

without complaint; later rogues who lived off the leavings of<br />

the monks roamed around making a nuisance of themselves;<br />

the Buddha praised those who live restrained and spoke this<br />

verse.<br />

83. Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti,<br />

na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo;<br />

sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena,<br />

noccāvacaṁ paṇḍitā dassayanti.<br />

True people surely everywhere renounce,<br />

the good do not talk about sense-pleasures;<br />

when touched by pleasure or by suffering,<br />

the wise are not elated or depressed.

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