Voice of Vivekananda
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 264-265: na muṇḍakena samaṇo abbato alikaṃ bhaṇaṃ |icchālobhasamāpanno samaṇo kiṃ bhavissati || 264 ||yo ca sameti …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 262-263: na vākkaraṇamattena vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā |sādhurūpo naro hoti issukī maccharī saṭho || 262 ||yassa c'etaṃ …
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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् |आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || 5|| uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayetātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 260-261: na tena thero hoti yen'assa palitaṃ siro |paripakko vayo tassa moghajiṇṇo'ti vuccati || 260 ||yamhi saccaṃ ca …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 259: na tāvatā dhammadharā yāvatā bahu bhāsati |yo ca appam'pi sutvāna dhammaṃ kāyena passati |sa ve dhammadharo hoti …
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For one who is temperate in food and recreation, who is detached and self-restrained in work, who is regulated in sleep and in vigil—Yoga brings about the cessation of the travail of Samsàra [i.e., …
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