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Theravada in Translation 1:

Verses of the Udana, Bodhivaggo

translated from the Pali

by Joshua Norager

& w/ stories adapted from

Dawsonne Melanchthon Strong


copyright 2012

Smashwords Edition


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1

Indeed, when the dhamma appears

to the Brahmin intent on jhana

all doubt & uncertainty fades, then

by knowing that which is its own cause.


2

Indeed, when the dhamma appears

to the Brahmin intent on jhana

all doubt & uncertainty fades

wasting the basis of delusion away.


3

Indeed, when the dhamma appears

to the Brahmin intent on jhana

he abides, scattering the armies of Mara


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