In the past you had faith, today you have none. What’s yours is yours alone—I’ve done nothing wrong.
Faith is impermanent, fickle: or so I have seen. Passions wax and wane: why would a sage waste away on that account?
The meal of a sage is cooked bit by bit in this family or that. I’ll walk for alms, for my legs are strong.
Sāṭimattiya
Thag 3.10 · Sāṭimattiyattheragāthā
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Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato and Jessica Walton · SuttaCentral · CC0
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