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Dhammapada · Chapter 1: The Twin-Verses

Dhammapada 1.7

translated from Pāli by F. Max Müller, 1881

He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak, Mara (the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a weak tree.

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