Dhammapada · Verse 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.

License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).