
The World’s True Welfare: The Lōvæḍa Saṅgarāva
By Vīdāgama Maitreya
34 pagesLearn well yourself this Law
That the Blessed One has taught;
Teach it to others in compassionate love
By the results of skillful acts performed.
Bar forever the roads to realms of woe
A 15th century, Sri Lankan poem beautifully exhorting the listener to the ethical life and to right view.
Listen to the poem sung in the original Sinhala on Archive.org.
And if this poetic translation is a bit hard to follow, see the more prosaic translation, Towards a Better World.