ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [49]
Gātha 47
O pleasure-seeker! Entangled in sense-pleasures and without discrimination, you have troubled yourself, over and over again, to obtain wealth, in occupations such as farming, animal-husbandry, and commerce. If you had troubled yourself, just once, with the intention of improving your next life, you would have certainly got rid of misery borne out of repeated births and deaths.
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