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

Mahāvaccha Mahāvacchattheragāthā

Empowered by wisdom, <j>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.

… Mahāvaccho thero ….