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Dhammapada · 25.6

Salābhaṃ nātimaññeyya, nāññesaṃ pihayaṃ care;Aññesaṃ pihayaṃ bhikkhu, samādhiṃ nādhigacchati.

Salabham natimanneyya, nannesam pihayam care; Annesam pihayam bhikkhu, samadhim nadhigacchati.

One should not despise one's own gain, nor go about envying others' gain. The bhikkhu who envies others does not attain concentration.

— Dhammapada 25.6

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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