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Dhammapada · 1.13

Yathā agāraṃ ducchannaṃ, vuṭṭhī samativijjhati;Evaṃ abhāvitaṃ cittaṃ, rāgo samativijjhati.

Yatha agaram ducchannam, vutthi samativijjhati; Evam abhavitam cittam, rago samativijjhati.

Just as rain penetrates an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates an uncultivated mind.

— Dhammapada 1.13

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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