Dhammapada · Verset 110

Saṅkiccasāmaṇeravatthu

Pali

Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
dussīlo asamāhito;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
sīlavantassa jhāyino.

English

Better to live a single day
ethical and absorbed in meditation
than to live a hundred years
unethical and lacking immersion.

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