Quotations: Maitreya, Sublime Continuum, Cesspit analogy for the situation of the five classes of beings

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མི་གཙང་བ་ལ་དྲི་ཞིམ་མེད་བཞིན་འགྲོ་ལྔ་དག་ན་བདེ་བ་མེད། །[1]

Just as there can be no pleasant fragrance in a cesspit,
There is no joy among the five classes of beings.

Maitreya, Sublime Continuum, IV, 50

References

  1. This quote is often paraphrased in two lines, e.g.
    འགྲོ་ལྔ་དག་ལ་བདེ་བ་མེད། །
    མི་གཙང་ཁང་པར་དྲི་ཞིམ་མེད། །