Daily Words of the Buddha for March 21, 2011

Yañca kāmasukhaṃ loke,
yañcidaṃ diviyaṃ sukhaṃ,
taṇhakkhayasukhassete,
kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ.
Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/udana_2_12.mp3
 
Any sensual bliss in the world,
any heavenly bliss,
isn't worth one sixteenth-sixteenth
of the bliss of the ending of craving.
 
Udāna 2.12
http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0503m.mul1.xml#para12