Verse 5

Chapter 2: Heedfulness

The Verse

By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

— Dhammapada, Chapter 2, Verse 5

Verse 5

Chapter 2: Heedfulness

The Verse

By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

— Dhammapada, Chapter 2, Verse 5

Dhammapada — Timeless wisdom from the Buddha's teachings

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