Delighting in the teaching, enjoying the teaching,

contemplating the teaching,

a mendicant who recollects the teaching

doesn’t fall away from the true teaching.

A well-off mendicant ought not look down

on others, nor should they be envious.

A mendicant who envies others

does not achieve immersion.

If a mendicant is poor in offerings,

the well-to-do ought not look down on them.

For the gods indeed praise them,

who are tireless and pure of livelihood.

One who has no sense of ownership

in the whole realm of name and form,

who does not grieve for that which is not,

is said to be a mendicant.

A mendicant who meditates on love,

devoted to the Buddha’s teaching,

would realize the peaceful state,

the blissful stilling of conditions.

Bail out this boat, mendicant!

When bailed out it will float lightly.

Having cut off desire and hate,

you shall reach extinguishment.

Five to cut, five to drop,

and five more to develop.

When a mendicant slips five chains

they’re said to have crossed the flood.

Practice absorption, don’t be negligent!

Don’t let the mind delight in the senses!

Don’t heedlessly swallow a hot iron ball!

And when it burns, don’t cry, “Oh, the pain!”

No absorption for one without wisdom,

no wisdom for one without absorption.

But one with absorption and wisdom—

they have truly drawn near to extinguishment.