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Previous Chapter 10. The Book of the Tens

11.

The Book of the Elevens

1.

Verses of the Elder Saṃkicca

597.

"What is your purpose in the forest, dear son, like the Ujjuhāna mountain in the rainy season;

The Verambha winds are delightful to you, for solitude is indeed for meditators.

598.

"Just as the high-altitude wind drives away the clouds in the rainy season;

Perceptions draw me towards seclusion, connected with the perception of seclusion.

599.

"The dark one, egg-born, wandering about the charnel ground as its abode;

It arouses mindfulness in me, regarding the body, based upon dispassion.

600.

"Whom others do not protect, and who does not protect others;

That monk indeed sleeps happily, without expectation towards sensual pleasures.

601.

"With clear waters and broad stones, frequented by yak-tailed deer;

Covered with water moss, those rocks delight me.

602.

"I have dwelt in forests, in grottoes and caves;

In remote lodgings, frequented by beasts of prey.

603.

'May these living beings be killed, be slaughtered, may they reach suffering';

I do not know of any thought, ignoble, connected with hate.

604.

"The Teacher has been attended upon by me, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled;

The heavy burden has been laid down, the conduit to existence has been uprooted.

605.

"For whatever purpose I went forth, from home into homelessness;

That purpose has been attained by me, the destruction of all mental fetters.

606.

"I do not delight in death, I do not delight in life;

And I await the time, like a hired servant earning his wages.

607.

"I do not delight in death, I do not delight in life;

And I await the time, fully aware, mindful."

... The Elder Saṃkicca...

The Chapter of Elevens is concluded.

The summary therein:

The elder Saṃkicca alone, with obligations fulfilled, without mental corruptions;

In the Chapter of Eleven, the verses are eleven too.

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