Verses of the Senior Monks 16.7

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1. Verses of the Senior Monks 16.7
2. The Book of the Twenties
3. Chapter One
4. Kāḷigodhāputtabhaddiya
5. I rode on an elephant’s neck,
6. wearing luxurious clothes.
7. I ate boiled fine rice
8. with pure meat sauce.
9. Today I am fortunate, persistent,
10. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
11. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
12. practices absorption without grasping.
13. Wearing rags, persistent,
14. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
15. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
16. practices absorption without grasping.
17. Living on almsfood, persistent,
18. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
19. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
20. practices absorption without grasping.
21. Possessing only three robes, persistent,
22. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
23. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
24. practices absorption without grasping.
25. Wandering for alms indiscriminately, persistent,
26. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
27. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
28. practices absorption without grasping.
29. Sitting alone, persistent,
30. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
31. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
32. practices absorption without grasping.
33. Eating only what’s put in the alms-bowl, persistent,
34. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
35. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
36. practices absorption without grasping.
37. Never eating too late, persistent,
38. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
39. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
40. practices absorption without grasping.
41. Living in the wilderness, persistent,
42. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
43. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
44. practices absorption without grasping.
45. Living at the foot of a tree, persistent,
46. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
47. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
48. practices absorption without grasping.
49. Living in the open, persistent,
50. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
51. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
52. practices absorption without grasping.
53. Living in a charnel ground, persistent,
54. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
55. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
56. practices absorption without grasping.
57. Accepting whatever seat is offered, persistent,
58. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
59. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
60. practices absorption without grasping.
61. Not lying down to sleep, persistent,
62. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
63. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
64. practices absorption without grasping.
65. Few in wishes, persistent,
66. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
67. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
68. practices absorption without grasping.
69. Content, persistent,
70. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
71. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
72. practices absorption without grasping.
73. Secluded, persistent,
74. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
75. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
76. practices absorption without grasping.
77. Aloof, persistent,
78. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
79. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
80. practices absorption without grasping.
81. Energetic, persistent,
82. happy with the scraps in my bowl:
83. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
84. practices absorption without grasping.
85. Giving up a valuable bronze bowl,
86. and a precious golden one, too,
87. I took a bowl made of clay:
88. this is my second initiation.
89. I used to live in a citadel with walls so high,
90. with battlements strong and gates,
91. all guarded by swordsmen—
92. and yet I trembled with fear.
93. Today I am fortunate, free of cowardice,
94. with fear and dread given up.
95. Bhaddiya son of Godhā
96. has plunged into the forest and practices absorption.
97. Established in the entire spectrum of ethics,
98. developing mindfulness and wisdom,
99. gradually I attained
100. the ending of all fetters.