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Read & copy the quotation
“There is no fire like passion; there is no losing throw like hatred; there is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher than rest.”
- Source
- The Dhammapada
- Date
- ancient
- English wording
- F. Max Müller — Translator · from Pali
Meaning of “There is no fire like passion; there is…”
Rest here means a deeper release from agitating passions and hatred, not merely physical inactivity; the verse places inward quiet above the disturbances it has just named.
Where does it come from?
Dhammapada 202 in Max Müller’s translation; “rest” belongs to the Buddhist religious context of release and should be read within that framework.
