Daily Words of the Buddha for May 01, 2018

Pāli Word a Day for May 01, 2018 — jambhati — to yawn, to awaken oneself, to rise, go forth

Tumhehi kiccamātappaṃ;
Akkhātāro Tathāgatā.
Paṭipannā pamokkhanti
jhāyino mārabandhanā.

You have to do your own work;
Enlightened Ones will only show the way.
Those who practise meditation
will free themselves from the chains of death.

Dhammapada 20.276
The Discourse Summaries by S.N. Goenka

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