Theragāthā 1.39
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.39
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Catutthavagga
Chapter Four
Tissattheragāthā
Tissa (1st)
“Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,
Like they’re struck by a sword,
ḍayhamānova matthake;
like their head was on fire,
Kāmarāgappahānāya,
a mendicant should wander mindful
sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.
to give up sensual desire.
… Tisso thero ….