Thag 3.7 — Vāraṇa

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Verses of the Senior Monks 3.7
The Book of the Threes
Chapter One
Vāraṇa
Anyone among men
who harms other creatures:
that person will fall
both from this world and the next.
But someone with a mind of love,
sympathetic for all creatures:
a person like that
brims with much merit.
You should all train to learn well-spoken words,
to attend closely to ascetics,
to sit alone in hidden places,
and to settle the mind.