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in this world as well as in the world beyond. (Lokavaggo)
One who becomes a sluggard or a glutton, rolling himself about in gross sleep like a hog fed on wash, that foolish one again and again takes birth. (Nagavaggo)
It is difficult to obtain a birth as a human being. Difficult is the life of mortals. Even more difficult is it to hear the true law. The [most] difficult is to rise to Buddhahood (enlightenment). (Buddhavaggo)
He who destroys life or kills, who speaks untruth, who takes what is not given to him in this world, who goes to another man's wife committing adultery, or who gives himself to intoxicating liquors, such a person uproots himself (digs his own root in his world). (Malavaggo)
As rain breaks through an ill thatched house, so passion makes its way into an unreflecting mind.” (Yamkavaggo)
Better is one day of life for he who is wise and reflecting, than a life of a hundred years for one who is ignorant and unrestrained. (Sahasvaggo)
There is no fire like passion; and no ill like hatred; there is no sorrow like this physical existence; and no happiness higher than tranquility. (Sukkhavaggo)
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