Theragāthā 137

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.17

The Book of the Twos

Chapter Two

Tissa (3rd)

1 A shaven one wrapped in the outer robe

gets many enemies

when they receive food and drink,

clothes and bedding.

2 Knowing this danger,

this great fear in honors,

a mendicant should wander mindful,

with few possessions, not festering.