• Verses of the Senior Monks 1.12 Theragāthā 1.12
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • Chapter Two Dutiyavagga

Mahāvaccha Mahāvacchattheragāthā

Empowered by wisdom,
with precepts and observances intact,
“Paññābalī sīlavatūpapanno,
serene, loving absorption, mindful, Samāhito jhānarato satīmā; eating just the needed food, Yadatthiyaṁ bhojanaṁ bhuñjamāno, one should await one’s time here, free of desire. Kaṅkhetha kālaṁ idha vītarāgo”ti.