Heartfelt Sayings 5.9

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1. Heartfelt Sayings 5.9
2. Teasing
3. So I have heard.
4. At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants.
5. Now at that time several young students were passing by not far from the Buddha in a teasing manner.
6. The Buddha saw them.
7. Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
8. “Dolts pretending to be astute,
9. they talk, their words out of bounds.
10. They blab at will, their mouths agape,
11. and no-one knows what leads them on.”