Thag 2.14 - Somamitta
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 2.14
The Book of the Twos
Chapter Two
Somamitta
If you’re lost in the middle of a great sea,
and you clamber up on a little log, you’ll sink.
So too, a person who lives well
sinks by relying on a lazy person.
Hence you should avoid such
a lazy person who lacks energy.
Dwell with the noble ones
who are secluded and determined
and always energetic;
the astute who practice absorption.