Dhammapada · a short reading
A passage from Dhammapada. Translated by F. Max Müller.
South Asian · early Buddhist tradition · English
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271, 272. Not only by discipline and vows, not only by much learning, not by entering into a trance, not by sleeping alone, do I earn the happiness of release which no worldling can know. Bhikshu, be not confident as long as thou hast not attained the extinction of desires.
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Creator: Traditional Buddhist verse
Nationality / cultural background: South Asian · early Buddhist tradition
Work / edition: 1881 translation
Translation: F. Max Müller · English
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In the source: Chapter I. The Twin-Verses; paragraph 281 in the selected body section
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