← Sutta collectionTHAG14.1Verses of the Senior Monks 14.1SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Verses of the Senior Monks 14.1The Book of the FourteensChapter OneRevata of the Acacia WoodSince I’ve gone forthfrom the lay life to homelessness,I’ve not been aware of any thoughtthat is ignoble and hateful.“May these beings be killed!May they be slaughtered! May they suffer!”—I’ve not been aware of any such thoughtin all this long while.I have been aware of loving-kindness,limitless and well-developed;gradually consolidatedas it was taught by the Buddha.I’m friend and comrade to all,sympathetic for all beings!I develop a mind of love,always delighting in harmlessness.The unfaltering, the unshakable:I gladden that mind.I develop a divine meditation,which reprobates do not cultivate.When in a meditation free of placing the mind,a disciple of the Buddhais at that moment blessedwith noble silence.As a rocky mountainis unwavering and well grounded,so when delusion ends,a monk, like a mountain, doesn’t tremble.To the man who has not a blemishwho is always seeking purity,even a hair-tip of evilseems as big as a cloud.As a frontier cityis guarded inside and out,so you should ward yourselves—don’t let the moment pass you by.I don’t long for death;I don’t long for life;I await my time,like a worker waiting for their wages.I don’t long for death;I don’t long for life;I await my time,aware and mindful.I’ve served the teacherand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.The heavy burden is laid down,the conduit to rebirth is eradicated.I’ve attained the goalfor the sake of which I went forthfrom the lay life to homelessness—the ending of all fetters.Persist with diligence:this is my instruction.Come, I’ll be fully quenched—I’m liberated in every way.