Verse 16

Chapter 10: The Stick

The Verse

Like a thoroughbred horse touched by the whip, be strenuous, be filled with spiritual yearning. By faith and moral purity, by effort and meditation, by investigation of the truth, by being rich in knowledge and virtue, and by being mindful, destroy this unlimited suffering.

— Dhammapada, Chapter 10, Verse 16

Verse 16

Chapter 10: The Stick

The Verse

Like a thoroughbred horse touched by the whip, be strenuous, be filled with spiritual yearning. By faith and moral purity, by effort and meditation, by investigation of the truth, by being rich in knowledge and virtue, and by being mindful, destroy this unlimited suffering.

— Dhammapada, Chapter 10, Verse 16