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Thag 2.2 - Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/thag2.2/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Verses of the Senior Monks 2.2 The Book of the Twos Chapter One Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer You can’t live by fasting, but food doesn’t lead to peace of heart. Seeing how this bag of bones is sustained by food, I wander, seeking. They know it’s just a swamp, this homage and veneration in respectable families. Honor is a subtle dart, hard to extract, and hard for a reprobate to give up. That is how these verses were recited by the senior venerable Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer.