My mentor said to me: “Let’s leave here, Sīvaka.” My body lives in the village, but my mind has gone to the wilderness. I go there even when lying down—you can’t chain those who know.
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.15 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two Kuṇḍadhāna
Five to cut, five to drop, and five more to develop. When a mendicant slips five chains they’re said to have crossed the flood.
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.16 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two Belaṭṭhasīsa
Just as a fine thoroughbred proceeds with ease, tail and mane flying in the wind; so my days and nights proceed with ease, full of joy not of the flesh.
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.17 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two Dāsaka
One who gets drowsy from overeating, fond of sleep, rolling round the bed like a great hog stuffed with grain: that dullard returns to the womb again and again.
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.18 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two Siṅgāla’s Father
There was an heir of the Buddha, a monk in Bhesakaḷā forest, who suffused the entire earth with the perception of bones. I think he will quickly get rid of sensual desire.
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.19 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two Kula