Dhp 9

From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2589
Date: 2009-05-01

Dhammapadaṁ, 1. Yamakavaggo (The Pairs), Verse 9

anikkasāvo kāsāvaṁ | yo vatthaṁ paridahissati ||
apeto damasaccena | na so kāsāvamarahati || 9 ||

9. The impure person who will put on a yellow robe,
without self-control and truth, he is not worthy of the yellow robe.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 1,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the first quarter of the moon, May 1, 2009



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