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# Thag 1:101 · Belaṭṭhkāni
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-101/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:41:00.000Z
- Description: Theragāthā · Thag 1:101. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Abandoning the householder’s state,

but with no mastery,

lazy, gluttonous,

using his mouth as a plough

like a great hog fattened on fodder:

Again & again

he goes to the womb—

the dullard.

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