Thag 1:119 · Vajjiputta
Coming to the bower
at the root of a tree,
placing
unbinding
in your heart,
do jhāna, Gotama,
& don’t be heedless.
What use is this
chitter-chatter
to you?1
Note
1. In SN 9:5, a deva addresses this verse to Ven. Ānanda, who has been spending too much time teaching Dhamma to laypeople.
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
