Daily Words of the Buddha for January 18, 2020

Pāli Word a Day for January 18, 2020
pamodati — to rejoice, enjoy, to be delighted, to be glad or satisfied

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve
dussīlo asamāhito
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo
sīlavantassa jhāyino.

Better it is to live
one day virtuous and meditative
than to live a hundred years
immoral and uncontrolled.

Dhammapada 8.110
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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