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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Dhammapada 325


If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if he is sleepy and rolls himself about, that fool, like a hog fed on wash, is born again and again. 



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  1. Is born? I'm not sure what's being said here.

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    1. For the Buddhist, as for the Hindu, an attachment to the things of this world will result in rebirth, i.e. continuing in the cycle of reincarnation, instead of passing on to enlightenment.

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