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Eraka

Erakattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.93Verses of the Senior Monks 1.93
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3DasamavaggaChapter Ten

0.4ErakattheragāthāEraka

1.1“Dukkhā kāmā eraka,Sensual pleasures are suffering, Eraka!1.2Na sukhā kāmā eraka;Sensual pleasures aren’t happiness, Eraka!1.3Yo kāme kāmayati,One who enjoys sensual pleasures1.4Dukkhaṁ so kāmayati eraka;enjoys suffering, Eraka!1.5Yo kāme na kāmayati,One who doesn’t enjoy sensual pleasures1.6Dukkhaṁ so na kāmayati erakā”ti.doesn’t enjoy suffering, Eraka!

1.7… Erako thero ….