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Feb 2012

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Dhammapada Verse 30: The Vigilance of th...

YUTTADHAMMO BHIKKHU

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Verse 30
By Heedfulness did Indra become the overlord of the gods. Heedfulness is ever praised, and heedlessness ever despised.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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