1.14 Novice Sivaka#

My preceptor said:
“Let’s go from here, Sīvaka.”
My body lives in the village,
But my mind has gone to the wilderness.
I’ll go there even if I’m lying down;
There’s no tying down one who understands.

Notes#

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