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Dhammapada · 1.12

Sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato;Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā.

Sarancha sarato natva, asarancha asarato; Te saram adhigacchanti, sammasankappagocara.

Those who know the essential as essential and the inessential as inessential — they reach the essence, dwelling in right thought.

— Dhammapada 1.12

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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