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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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7: The Chapter about the Arahats – 95<br />

The footprint of the one who is free is hard to find<br />

The Buddha and the monks gathered round to help make a<br />

robe for Ven. Anuruddha; a former relative of his, who was<br />

then a goddess, incited the villagers to give alms, which they<br />

did, but the monks suspected Ven. Anuruddha gave the order<br />

for a great alms feast; the Buddha reproved them with this<br />

verse.<br />

93. Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā, āhāre ca anissito,<br />

suññato animitto ca vimokkho yassa gocaro,<br />

ākāse va sakuntānaṁ, padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ.<br />

For him whose pollutants<br />

are destroyed, who is not<br />

dependent on the foods,<br />

for him whose resort is<br />

the liberation that<br />

is empty or signless,<br />

like the birds in the sky,<br />

his footprint’s hard to find.

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