Dhammapada · Verset 111

Khāṇukoṇḍaññattheravatthu

Pali

Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
duppañño asamāhito;
Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
paññavantassa jhāyino.

English

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

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