Belatthasisa (Thag 1.16) {v. 16}

[Alternate translation: Thanissaro.]

Just as the noble buffalo With hairy neck can pull the plough With little effort, step by step, So do I let the time flow by With little effort, day by day, When joy untainted has been won.

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From Ananda: The Guardian of the Dhamma (WH 273/274), by Hellmuth Hecker, translated from the German by Sister Khema (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1980). Copyright © 1980 Buddhist Publication Society. Used with permission.

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