Religion
Psalms of the Brethren CLXXVI: Varana
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1913) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists II: Psalms of the Brethren (1913)
Whoso here causeth fellow-creatures pain,
From this and from the other-world, from both
This man may forfeit all they yield of good.
Whoso with loving heart compassion takes
On every fellow-creature, such a man
Doth generate of merit ample store.
Train ye yourselves in pious utterance,
In waiting ever on the wise and good,
In haunting secret solitary seat,
And in the calm and concentrated mind.
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MLA
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CLXXVI: Varana.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/175/.
Chicago
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CLXXVI: Varana.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/175/.
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