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Dhammapada · 23.12

Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā, tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena;Puññaṃ sukhaṃ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi, sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṃ pahānaṃ.

Atthamhi jatamhi sukha sahaya, tutthi sukha ya itaritarena; Punnam sukham jivitasankhayamhi, sabbassa dukkhassa sukham pahanam.

When a need has arisen, friends are bliss. Contentment with whatever there is, is bliss. Merit at the end of life is bliss. The abandonment of all suffering is bliss.

— Dhammapada 23.12

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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