Theragāthā 211

Verses of the Senior Monks 6.2

The Book of the Sixes

Chapter One

Tekicchakāri

1 “The rice has been harvested

and gathered on the threshing-floor—

but I don’t get any almsfood!

How will I get by?”

2 “In faith, recollect the immeasurable Buddha!

Your body soaked with rapture,

you’ll always be full of joy.

3 In faith, recollect the immeasurable teaching!

Your body soaked with rapture,

you’ll always be full of joy.

4 In faith, recollect the immeasurable Saṅgha!

Your body soaked with rapture,

you’ll always be full of joy.”

5 “You stay in the open,

though these winter nights are cold.

Don’t perish, overcome with cold;

enter your dwelling, with door shut fast.”

6 “I’ll realize the four immeasurable states,

and meditate happily in them.

I won’t perish, overcome with cold;

I’ll dwell unperturbed.”