Even the gods envy those who are awakened and not forgetful, who are given to meditation.

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Even the gods envy those who are awakened and not forgetful, who are given to meditation, who are wise, and who delight in the repose of retirement (from the world).

Source Dhammapada 179-184 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Dhammapada, those who, recollected in meditation, taste the calm of one who no longer chases after desires and have reached bodhi, awakening, have so happy a lot that even the gods envy them. Today, give yourself ten minutes of rest without doing or seeking anything, sitting quietly, and taste this calm that depends on nothing.

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