Theragāthā 1.12
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.12
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two
Mahāvacchattheragāthā
Mahāvaccha
“Paññābalī sīlavatūpapanno,
Empowered by wisdom, <j>with precepts and observances intact,
Samāhito jhānarato satīmā;
serene, loving absorption, mindful,
Yadatthiyaṁ bhojanaṁ bhuñjamāno,
eating just the needed food,
Kaṅkhetha kālaṁ idha vītarāgo”ti.
one should bide one’s time here, free of desire.
… Mahāvaccho thero ….