Thag 2:3 · Valliya
A monkey,
coming to the little hut
with five doors,
goes from door to door, knocking
moment by moment.
Stand still, monkey,
don’t run.
It’s not yours
as it was before.
You’re bound by discernment.
You won’t get far away.
See also: SN 35:199
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).
