Dhammapada 6-7 Poem by Ravi Kopra

They know not
We are born to die
Yet live in harmony.

Those who know do not fight. (6)

Those who live for pleasure
Are tempted, glutons, indolent,
Are moved by the devil, sway
As in the wind sways a weak tree.(7)

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Versified from the following:

Dhp I PTS: Dhp 1-20
Yamakavagga: Pairs
translated from the Pali by
Acharya Buddharakkhita

6. There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

7. Just as a storm throws down a weak tree, so does Mara overpower the man who lives for the pursuit of pleasures, who is uncontrolled in his senses, immoderate in eating, indolent, and dissipated.