Thag 2:17 Tissa

Thag 2:17 Tissa - translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

He gains many enemies,
	one who—shaven-headed,
	wearing an outer robe—
gains food, drink, cloth, lodgings.

Knowing this drawback,
this great danger in honors,
a monk, gaining little,
not soggy,1
should go forth
	mindfully.

Notes

1. On the meaning of “soggy,” see SN 35:202 and Ud 5:5.

Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Source text via dhammatalks.org.