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# Thag 1:109 · Saṅgharakkhita
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-109/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:40:40.000Z
- Description: Theragāthā · Thag 1:109. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Why,

having gone into solitude,

does he not take account

of the message

of the one sympathetic

to his foremost well-being?

Because he dwells

with his faculties

exposed,

like a tender deer

in the forest.

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thag/thag1%5F109.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*