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Psalms of the Brethren CXCV: Dhammika
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1913) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists II: Psalms of the Brethren (1913)
Never goeth to misery he who doth follow the Norm.
For not of like result are right and wrong:
Wrong leads to baleful, right, to happy doom.
Wherefore let will be applied to [master] the things that we know.
So let him hail with delight so welcome a blessing as this.
Firm in the Welcome One’s Norm the disciples fare onward,
Valiantly following Him, their sovereign Refuge.
Plucked out the root of all this cancerous lump,
The net of craving wholly torn away,
The round of life renewed hath ceased,
And naught of clinging doth remain,
E’en as the moon on fifteenth day
Sails in clear sky without a stain.
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MLA
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CXCV: Dhammika.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/194/.
Chicago
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CXCV: Dhammika.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/194/.
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