Daily Words of the Buddha for November 13, 2018

Pāli Word a Day for November 13, 2018
muditā — sympathetic or vicarious joy

Know this, O good one:
evil things are difficult to control.
Let not greed and wickedness
drag you to protracted misery.

Evaṃ bho purisa jānāhi:
pāpadhammā asaññatā.
Mā taṃ lobho adhammo ca
ciraṃ dukkhāya randhayuṃ.

Dhammapada 18.248
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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