[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [The Minor Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka) › [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) › [Commentary on the Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha) › 5.15.p26 # Verses on Dhamma 5.15.p26 Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.15.p26 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.15.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15.p26) Puna satthā sāmaṇeraṃ pucchi – ‘‘tissa, imasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe dīpiādīnaṃ saddena bhāyasi, na bhāyasī’’ti? ‘‘Na bhāyāmi bhagavā, apica kho pana me etesaṃ saddaṃ sutvā vanarati nāma uppajjatī’’ti vatvā saṭṭhimattāhi gāthāhi vanavaṇṇanaṃ nāma kathesi. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘tissā’’ti āmantesi. ‘‘Kiṃ, bhante’’ti? ‘‘Mayaṃ gacchāma, tvaṃ gamissasi, nivattissasī’’ti. ‘‘Mayhaṃ upajjhāye maṃ ādāya gacchante gamissāmi, nivattente nivattissāmi, bhante’’ti. Satthā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pakkāmi. Sāmaṇerassa pana nivattitumeva ajjhāsayo, thero taṃ ñatvā ‘‘tissa, sace nivattitukāmo, nivattā’’ti āha. So satthārañca bhikkhusaṅghañca vanditvā nivatti. Satthā jetavanameva agamāsi. > Again the Teacher asked the novice, “Tissa, when you hear the noise of panthers and other wild beasts in this forest, are you afraid or not?” “I am not afraid, Exalted One. On the contrary, when I hear the noise of these animals, a feeling of love for the forest arises within me.” And he recited sixty Stanzas descriptive of the forest. Then said the Teacher to him, “Tissa!” “What is it, Reverend Sir?” “I am going. Will you go with me, or will you turn back?” “If my preceptor wishes to go and will take me with him, I will go; if he wishes to turn back, I will turn back, Reverend Sir.” The Teacher set out with the congregation of monks. Now it was the novice’s wish to turn back. The Elder knowing this, said to him, “Tissa, turn back if you wish to do so.” Accordingly the novice paid obeisance to the Teacher and the congregation of monks and turned back; the Teacher went back to Jetavana. A discussion arose in the Hall of Truth, "Truly it is a difficult task which the novice Tissa is performing! From the day he was reborn, his kinsfolk held seven festivals and provided five hundred monks with naught but rich porridge made of honey, milk, and rice. When he became a monk, they remained at the monastery for seven days and again provided the congregation of five hundred monks presided over by the Buddha with naught but rich porridge made of honey, milk, and rice. On the eighth day after he had become a monk he entered the village and in only two days received a thousand bowls of food and a thousand cushions for alms-bowls. Again another day he received a thousand blankets. So abundant were the gain and honor he received during his residence here. But he has now renounced all of this gain and honor, entered the forest, and is living on whatever food is brought him. It is truly a difficult task the novice Tissa is performing!" > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 5.15.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15.p25) - [Next: 5.15.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15.p27) - [Up: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.5.15.p48) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.75) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.5.15.p26) · Pramāṇa