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Dhammapada · 7.10

Ramaṇīyāni araññāni, yattha na ramatī jano;Vītarāgā ramissanti, na te kāmagavesino.

Ramaniyani arannani, yattha na ramati jano; Vitaraga ramissanti, na te kamagavesino.

Delightful are the forests where ordinary people find no delight. The passion-free rejoice there — they are not seekers of sense-pleasures.

— Dhammapada 7.10

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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