Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.5

The Book of the Twos

Chapter One

Ajina

Even a master of the three knowledges,

undefiled, conqueror of death,

is looked down upon for being unknown

by ignorant fools.

But any individual here

who gets food and drink

is honored by them,

even if they are of bad character.