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Dhammapada · 10.16

Asso yathā bhadro kasāniviṭṭho, ātāpino saṃvegino bhavātha;Saddhāya sīlena ca vīriyena ca, samādhinā dhammavinicchayena ca;Sampannavijjācaraṇā patissatā, jahissatha dukkhamidaṃ anappakaṃ.

Asso yatha bhadro kasanivittho, atapino samvegino bhavatha; Saddhaya silena ca viriyena ca, samadhina dhammavinicchayena ca; Sampannavijjacarana patissata, jahissatha dukkhamidam anappakam.

Like a fine horse touched by the whip, be ardent and deeply moved. With faith, virtue, energy, concentration, and discernment of Dhamma — endowed with knowledge and conduct, mindful — you will abandon this great suffering.

— Dhammapada 10.16

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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