Thag 1.16: Single Verses

Thag 1.16

Single Verses

(excerpt)

Translated from the Pali by

Hellmuth Hecker and Sister Khema

Alternate translation:

Hecker/Khema

Thanissaro

PTS: vv. 1-120

Source: From Ananda: The Guardian of the Dhamma (WH 273/274), by Hellmuth Hecker, translated from the German by Sister Khema (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1980). Copyright © 1980 Buddhist Publication Society. Used with permission.

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Belatthasisa (Thag 1.16) {v. 16}

[Alternate translation: Thanissaro.]

Just as the noble buffalo
With hairy neck can pull the plough
With little effort, step by step,
So do I let the time flow by
With little effort, day by day,
When joy untainted has been won.