Thag 1.14The Novice Sivaka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sivakasāmaṇeragāthā
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– VERSES OF THE SENIOR MONKS
– THE BOOK OF THE ONES
1.14. Vanavaccha
BJT 14“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.”
The novice of the venerable senior monk Vanavaccha spoke this verse thus.
The verse of the senior monk Vanavaccha’s novice.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda , 2011 . Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator’s website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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