Dhp 119

From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2607
Date: 2009-07-15

Dhammapadaṃ, 1. Yamakavaggo (The Pairs), Verse 19

bahumpi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno | na takkaro hoti naro pamatto ||
gopova gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ | na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti || 19 ||

19. Although reciting a large number of scriptural texts,
         if being careless he does not act accordiingly,
like a cowherd counting the cows of others, he has no share
         in the ascetic's life.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 2,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Last Quarter, July 15, 2009



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