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Thag 1.101

Thag 1.101 Belaṭṭhānika

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Thag 1.101 - Belaṭṭhānika
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.101
The Book of the Ones
Chapter Eleven
Belaṭṭhānika
He’s given up the household life, but is far from perfect.
Living for his belly, lazy, he uses his snout as a plow,
like a great hog stuffed with grain.
That dullard is reborn again and again.