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Thag 6.2

Tekicchakāri

Tekicchakārittheragāthā

from: The Book of the Sixes

Chapter One

Tekicchakāri

“The rice has been harvested
and gathered on the threshing-floor—
but I don’t get any almsfood!
How will I get by?”

“In faith, recollect the immeasurable Buddha!
Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.

In faith, recollect the immeasurable teaching!
Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.

In faith, recollect the immeasurable Saṅgha!
Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.”

“You stay in the open,
though these winter nights are cold.
Don’t perish, overcome with cold;
enter your dwelling, with door shut fast.”

“I’ll realize the four immeasurable states,
and meditate happily in them.
I won’t perish, overcome with cold;
I’ll dwell unperturbed.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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