Theragāthā 156

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.36

The Book of the Twos

Chapter Four

Nitaka

1 Whose mind is like a rock,

steady, never trembling—

free of desire for desirable things,

not getting annoyed when things are annoying?

From where will suffering strike one

whose mind is developed like this?

2 My mind is like a rock,

steady, never trembling—

free of desire for desirable things,

not getting annoyed when things are annoying.

From where will suffering strike me

whose mind is developed like this?