{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thag2.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thag2.2","id":"suttacentral_thag2.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thag2.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"You can\u2019t live by fasting, but food doesn\u2019t lead to peace of heart. Seeing how this bag of bones is sustained by food, I wander, seeking. They know it\u2019s just a swamp, this homage and veneration in respectable families. Honor is a subtle dart, hard to extract, and hard for a reprobate to give up. That is how these verses were recited by the senior venerable Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer.","title":"Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":69}