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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 await one’s time here, free of desire.

… Mahāvaccho thero ….