Thag 1.36Kumāputta
Pāli / Sanskrit:Kumāputtattheragāthā
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– VERSES OF THE SENIOR MONKS
– THE BOOK OF THE ONES
1.36. Kumāputta
BJT 36“Learning is good, living well is good, the life without abode is always good. Questions on the meaning, actions that are skillful: this is the ascetic life for one who has nothing.”
The venerable senior monk Kumāputta spoke this verse thus.
The verse of the senior monk Kumāputta.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda , 2011 . Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator’s website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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