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The Novice Sivaka

Sivakasāmaṇeragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.14Verses of the Senior Monks 1.14
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.4SivakasāmaṇeragāthāThe Novice Sivaka

1.1“Upajjhāyo maṁ avaca,My mentor said to me:1.2ito gacchāma sīvaka;“Let’s leave here, Sīvaka.”1.3Gāme me vasati kāyo,My body lives in the village,1.4araññaṁ me gato mano;but my mind has gone to the wilderness.1.5Semānakopi gacchāmi,I go there even when lying down—1.6natthi saṅgo vijānatan”ti.you can’t chain those who know.

1.7… Vanavacchassa therassa (siviko) sāmaṇero ….