Thag 2.17Tissa (3rd)
Pāli / Sanskrit:Tissattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE TWOS
2.17. Tissa
BJT 153“A shaven-headed man wrapped in a double robe, receiving gains of food, drink, cloth, and lodging, has many who envy him.
BJT 154“Knowing this danger—the great peril in honors—a bhikkhu accepts little, wanders without attachment, and remains mindful.”
The venerable elder Tissa spoke these verses thus.
The verses of the elder Tissa.
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/.
Used by kind permission of the translator.
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