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MAHÂVAGGA.
Bhikkhus, by the Bhikkhu who considers the Dyad duly, who is strenuous, ardent, resolute, of two fruits one fruit is to be expected : in this world perfect knowledge, or, if any of the (five) attributes still remain, the state of an Anâgâmin (one who does not return). This said Bhagavat, (and) when Sugata had said so, the Master further spoke :
36. 'Form, sound, taste, smell, and touch are all wished for, pleasing and charming (things) as long as they last, so it is said.
(759) 37. 'By you, by the world of men and gods these (things) are deemed a pleasure, but when they cease it is deemed pain by them.
(760) 38. 'By the noble the cessation of the existing body is regarded as pleasure; this is the opposite of (what) the wise in all the world (hold)?. (761)
39. "What fools say is pleasure that the noble say is pain, what fools say is pain that the noble know as pleasure :-see here is a thing difficult to understand, here the ignorant are confounded. (762)
40. For those that are enveloped there is gloom, for those that do not see there is darkness, and for the good it is manifest, for those that see there is light; (even being) near, those that are ignorant of the way and the Dhamma, do not discern (anything) 2.
· Sukhan ti dittham ariyehi
Sakkâyass' uparodhanam, Pakkanîkam idam hoti
Sabbalokena passatam. : Nivutânam tamo hoti Andhakâro apassatam, Satañ ka vivatam hoti Âloko passatâm iva, Santike na vigânanti Maggadhammass' akovida.
(763)
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |