Dhp 32

From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2655
Date: 2009-10-18

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 32

appamādarato bhikkhu | pamāde bhayadassi vā ||
abhabbo parihānāya | nibbānasseva santike || 32 ||

1)

32. A Bhikshu (mendicant) who delights in reflection, who looks with
fear on thoughtlessness, cannot fall away (from his perfect state)--he
is close upon Nirvâna.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 11,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

32. A bhikkhu who delights in carefulness, who sees danger in
carelessness, cannot fall away but is indeed near to nibbāna.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 5,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the New Moon, October 18, 2009


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