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Dhammapada · 19.16

Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana;Atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā.

Na silabbatamattena, bahusaccena va pana; Atha va samadhilabhena, vivittasayanena va.

Not by mere virtue and vows, not by much learning, not by attaining concentration, not by lying down in seclusion —

— Dhammapada 19.16

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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