Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 9.13 — Undisciplined Faculties

1At one time several mendicants were staying in the Kosalan lands in a certain forest grove. They were haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, loose-tongued, unmindful, lacking situational awareness and immersion, with straying minds and undisciplined faculties.

2The deity haunting that forest had sympathy for those mendicants, and wanted what’s best for them. So they approached those mendicants wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse:

3“The mendicants used to live happily,
as disciples of Gotama.
Desireless they sought alms;
desireless they used their lodgings.
Knowing that the world was impermanent
they made an end of suffering.

4But now they’ve made themselves hard to look after,
like chiefs in a village.
They eat and eat and then lie down,
unconscious in the homes of others.

5Having raised my cupped palms to the Saṅgha,
I speak here only about certain people.
They’re dregs, with no protector,
just like those who have passed away.

6I’m speaking about
those who live negligently.
To those who live diligently
I pay homage.”

7Impelled by that deity, those mendicants were struck with a sense of urgency.