[375] 6.
A bhikkhu should resort to a lodging (senāsana) that is secluded, quiet, and frequented by beasts of prey, for the sake of retreat (paṭisallāna).
Having gathered rags from rubbish heaps, from the charnel ground, and from the streets, and having made of them a patchwork outer robe (saṅghāṭi), he should wear a coarse robe.
Having humbled his mind, a bhikkhu should walk for alms from family to family without skipping any, his sense-doors guarded, well restrained.
He should be content even with what is coarse; he should not long for many other flavors. The mind of one who is greedy for flavors does not delight in jhāna.
Of few wishes and content, the sage (muni) should dwell secluded, keeping aloof from householders and from the homeless — from both.
He should show himself as though dull-witted and dumb; a wise man should not speak overlong in the midst of the Saṅgha.
He should not blame anyone; he should avoid giving injury; he should be restrained by the Pātimokkha and know moderation in food.
With the sign (nimitta) well grasped, skilled in the arising of the mind (citta), he should devote himself to serenity (samatha) and, at the proper time, to insight (vipassanā).
Endowed with energy (vīriya) and perseverance, he should be ever engaged in the practice; and a wise man should not come to complacency without having reached the end of suffering (dukkha).
For a bhikkhu who dwells thus, desiring purity, all the taints (āsava) waste away, and he attains quenching (nibbuti).
The Elder Upasena Vaṅgantaputta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.