Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Theragāthā 1.2

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.2

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Mahākoṭṭhikattheragāthā

Mahākoṭṭhita

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“Upasanto uparato,

Calm and still,

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mantabhāṇī anuddhato;

thoughtful in counsel, not restless—

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Dhunāti pāpake dhamme,

he shakes off bad qualities

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dumapattaṁva māluto”ti.

as the gale shakes leaves off a tree.

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Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.

That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Mahākoṭṭhita.