The Dhammapada · Reading 362 of 414

Chapter XXV, The Bhikshu (Mendicant)

Verse 371

Meditate, O Bhikshu, and be not heedless! Do not direct thy thought to what gives pleasure that thou mayest not for thy heedlessness have to swallow the iron ball (in hell), and that thou mayest not cry out when burning, 'This is pain.'