Thag 2.24 — Valliya (3rd)

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thag 2:24 Valliya

What needs to be done
with firm persistence,
what needs to be done
by one who hopes for awakening,
    that I will do.
    I will not fail.
See: persistence & striving!

You show me the path:
    the straight,
    the plunge into deathlessness.
I, through sagacity,
will reach it, know it,
as the stream of the Ganges,
    the sea.