2021.02.05 Friday

   193. A supernatural person (a Buddha) is not easily found, he is not born everywhere. Wherever such a sage is born, that race prospers.

   194. Happy is the arising of the awakened, happy is the teaching of the True Law, happy is peace in the sangha*, happy is the devotion of those who are at peace.

DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)

https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1016.htm

* As this text has no copyright, I’ve take the liberty of replacing the original’s use of “church” here with sangha. Buddhists refer to those who gather to meditate and study the Buddha’s teaching as the Sangha. Many westerners are now familiar with the word. There is no need to use a word that has other connotations.

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