With an unsettled [mind],
Devoid of virtue,
Is one day lived
Virtuous and absorbed in meditation.
Better than one hundred years lived
With an unsettled [mind],
Devoid of insight,
Is one day lived
With insight and absorbed in meditation.
Better than on hundred years lived
Lazily and lacking in effort
Is one day lived
With vigor and exertion.
Better than one hundred years lived
Without seeing the arising and passing of things
Is one day lived
Seeing their arising and passing.
Better than one hundred years lived
Without seeing the Deathless
Is one day lived
Seeing the Deathless.
Better than on hundred years lived
Without seeing the ultimate Dharma
Is one day lived
Seeing the ultimate Dharma.
From "The Dhammapada" translated by Gil Fronsdal, published by Shambhala Publications, Inc. (2005, p. 28 - 29)
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