Dhammapada Verses 311 - 313: As Grass Cuts the Hand

Verse 311

Just as kusa grass wrongly handled cuts the hand, even so, a recluse’s life wrongly lived drags one to states of woe.

Verse 312

Any loose act, any corrupt observance, any life of questionable celibacy—none of these bear much fruit.

Verse 313

If anything is to be done, let one do it with sustained vigor. A lax monastic life stirs up the dust of passions all the more.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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