Patna Dhamma Verses (Patna Dhammapada)
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
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<strong>Patna</strong> Dharma <strong>Verses</strong> - 175<br />
388. Māse māse kuśāggreṇa bālo bhuñjeya bhojanaṁ,<br />
na taṁ Saṅghe prasādassa kalām agghati ṣoḍaśiṁ.<br />
From month to month the fool<br />
may eat food with the tip of kusa grass,<br />
but that is not worth a sixteenth part<br />
of having confidence in the Saṅgha.<br />
389. Māse māse kuśāggreṇa bālo bhuñjeya bhojanaṁ,<br />
na taṁ sākkhātadhammāṇāṁ kalām agghati ṣoḍaśiṁ.<br />
From month to month the fool<br />
may eat food with the tip of kusa grass,<br />
but that is not worth a sixteenth part<br />
of those who have mastered <strong>Dhamma</strong>.<br />
390. Yo ca vaśśaśataṁ jīve,<br />
duśśīlo asamāhito,<br />
ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ śreyo,<br />
śīlavantassa jhāyato.<br />
One might live for a hundred years,<br />
unvirtuous and uncomposed,<br />
but a life of one day is better,<br />
for one with virtue and meditation.
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