{"id":"thag3.4","title":"Dhaniya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag3.4","title":"Dhaniya","units":[{"id":"thag3.4:0","sourceIds":["thag3.4:0.1","thag3.4:0.2","thag3.4:0.3","thag3.4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 3.4\nTikanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nDhaniyattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 3.4\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter One\nDhaniya"}},{"id":"thag3.4:1","sourceIds":["thag3.4:1.1","thag3.4:1.2","thag3.4:1.3","thag3.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukhañce jīvituṁ icche,\nsāmaññasmiṁ apekkhavā;\nSaṅghikaṁ nātimaññeyya,\ncīvaraṁ pānabhojanaṁ.","en":"If you wish to live in happiness,\nlonging for the ascetic life,\ndon’t look down on the Saṅgha’s robes,\nor its food and drinks."}},{"id":"thag3.4:2","sourceIds":["thag3.4:2.1","thag3.4:2.2","thag3.4:2.3","thag3.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhañce jīvituṁ icche,\nsāmaññasmiṁ apekkhavā;\nAhi mūsikasobbhaṁva,\nsevetha sayanāsanaṁ.","en":"If you wish to live in happiness,\nlonging for the ascetic life,\nstay in the Saṅgha’s lodgings\nlike a snake making use of a mouse’s hole."}},{"id":"thag3.4:3","sourceIds":["thag3.4:3.1","thag3.4:3.2","thag3.4:3.3","thag3.4:3.4","thag3.4:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhañce jīvituṁ icche,\nsāmaññasmiṁ apekkhavā;\nItarītarena tusseyya,\nekadhammañca bhāvaye”ti.\n… Dhaniyo thero ….","en":"If you wish to live in happiness,\nlonging for the ascetic life,\ndevelop this one quality:\nbe content with whatever is offered."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag3.4/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}