Theragāthā 176

Verses of the Senior Monks 3.7

The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Vāraṇa

1 Anyone among men

who harms other creatures:

that person will fall

both from this world and the next.

2 But someone with a mind of love,

sympathetic for all creatures:

a person like that

brims with much merit.

3 You should all train

to learn well-spoken words,

to attend closely to ascetics,

to sit alone in hidden places,

and to settle the mind.