Calm and still,“Upasanto uparato,thoughtful in counsel, not restless—mantabhāṇī anuddhato;he shakes off bad qualitiesDhunāti pāpake dhamme,as the gale shakes leaves off a tree.dumapattaṁva māluto”ti.
That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Mahākoṭṭhita.Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
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