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Dhammapada · 5.9

Idha vassaṃ vasissāmi, idha hemantagimhisu;Iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṃ na bujjhati.

Idha vassam vasissami, idha hemantagimhisu; Iti balo vicinteti, antarayam na bujjhati.

'Here I will live during the rains, here in winter and summer' — so the fool plans, not understanding the obstacle.

— Dhammapada 5.9

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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