He’s given up the household life, <j>but is far from perfect. Living for his belly, lazy, <j>he uses his snout as a plow, like a great hog stuffed with grain. That dullard is reborn again and again.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.102 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Setuccha

Deceived by conceit, defiled among conditions, oppressed by gain and loss, they don’t reach immersion.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.103 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Bandhura

I have no need of this—I’m happy and satisfied with the sweet teaching. I’ve drunk the best, the supreme nectar: I won’t go near poison.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.104 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Khitaka

Hey! My body is light, full of so much rapture and happiness. My body feels like it’s floating, like cotton in a gale.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.105 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Malitavambha

Dissatisfied, one should not stay; and even if happy, one should leave. One who sees clearly wouldn’t stay in a place that was not conducive to the goal.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.106 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Suhemanta

Though the meaning has a hundred facets, and bears a hundred characteristics, the simpleton sees only one factor, while the sage sees a hundred.

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.107 The Book of the Ones Chapter Eleven Dhammasava