Thag 3.13 - Abhibhūta
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 3.13
The Book of the Threes
Chapter One
Abhibhūta
Listen up, all my relatives,
those who have gathered here:
I’ll teach you Dhamma!
Painful is birth again and again.
Rouse yourselves, try harder!
Devote yourselves to the instructions of the Buddha!
Crush the army of death,
as an elephant a hut of reeds.
Whoever shall meditate diligently
in this teaching and training,
giving up transmigration,
will make an end to suffering.