Religion
Psalms of the Brethren CL: Kanhadinna
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1913) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists II: Psalms of the Brethren (1913)
Waited have I on saintly men and heard
Full many times the saving truths [they taught].
Hearing I knew I should attain the road
That leads away from things that age and die.
And so in me all lust to live again
Thus being utterly cast out, since then
In me tis no more found, nor was’t, nor will it e’er
Come back in me, nor at this hour doth rise in me.
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MLA
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CL: Kanhadinna.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/149/.
Chicago
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CL: Kanhadinna.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/149/.
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