Malavagga ⧸ Gāthā 243
Tato malā malataraṃ avijjā paramaṃ malaṃ
Etaṃ malaṃ pahatvāna nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo
Etaṃ malaṃ pahatvāna nimmalā hotha bhikkhavo
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Impurity ⧸ Verse 243
Thence, more baneful than the rest,
Is Ignorance, the bane supreme.
This bane renouncing, baneless be, O monks!
Is Ignorance, the bane supreme.
This bane renouncing, baneless be, O monks!
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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