For September 2, 2010

Paradukkhūpadhānena,
attano sukhamicchati
verasaṃsaggasaṃsaṭṭho,
verā so na parimuccati.
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Entangled by the bonds of hate,
one who seeks one's own happiness
by inflicting pain on others,
is never delivered from hatred.

Dhammapada 21.291
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The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita
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