Religion
Psalms of the Brethren CLXI: Kumara-Kassapa
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1913) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists II: Psalms of the Brethren (1913)
All hail the Buddhas, and all hail the Norms.
Hail the blest System by our Master wrought,
Wherein he that doth hear may [be enrolled
And] come to realize a Norm like ours.
Down countless ages have its members come,
Reborn now as this compound, now as that.
But this for them is now the very last,
The final confluence of the factors five,
In flux of rebirth and mortality.
Now come they never more again to be.
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MLA
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CLXI: Kumara-Kassapa.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/160/.
Chicago
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CLXI: Kumara-Kassapa.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/160/.
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