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Dhammapada · 21.16

Ekāsanaṃ ekaseyyaṃ, eko caramatandito;Eko damayamattānaṃ, vanante ramito siyā.

Ekasanam ekaseyyam, eko caramatandito; Eko damayamattanam, vanante ramito siya.

Sitting alone, sleeping alone, walking alone unwearied, alone subduing oneself — let one delight at the forest's edge.

— Dhammapada 21.16

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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