“The gift of the law exceeds all gifts; the sweetness of the law… — Dhammapada 354 (Müller)

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The gift of the law exceeds all gifts; the sweetness of the law exceeds all sweetness; the delight in the law exceeds all delights; the extinction of thirst overcomes all pain.

— Dhammapada 354 (Müller)Buddhist

From F. Max Müller, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X, 1881, PD)

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