Thag 2.10 - Vasabha
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 2.10
The Book of the Twos
Chapter One
Vasabha
First one kills oneself,
then one kills others.
One kills oneself, really dead,
like one who kills birds using a dead bird as a decoy.
A brahmin’s color is not on the outside;
a brahmin is colored on the inside.
Whoever harbors bad deeds
is truly a dark one, Sujampati.