Thag 1.93Eraka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Erakattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE ONES
1.93. Eraka
BJT 93“Eraka, sensual pleasures are suffering. Eraka, sensual pleasures bring no happiness. Eraka, whoever desires sensual pleasures desires suffering. Eraka, whoever does not desire sensual pleasures does not desire suffering.”
The venerable elder Eraka spoke this verse thus.
The verse of the elder Eraka.
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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