Don’t nod off, Rag—I’ll smack your ear! You know no limit, nodding off in the midst of the Saṅgha!

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.41 The Book of the Twos Chapter Five Kassapa the Prince

Oh, the Buddhas! Oh, the Dhammas! Oh, the accomplishments of the Teacher! Here a disciple may realize such a teaching for themselves.

Through countless eons they obtained substantial forms. This is their last, their very final body in the transmigration through births and deaths; now there’ll be no more future lives.

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.42 The Book of the Twos Chapter Five Dhammapāla

The young monk who is devoted to the teaching of the Buddha, wakeful while others sleep—his life is not in vain.