The ÒVerses of the Senior MonksÓ is a collection of about 1288 verses attributed to 264 of the senior monks alive in the BuddhaÕs time, or in a few cases, a little later. It is a pair with the Ther_g_th_, the ÒVerses of the Senior NunsÓ. These verses celebrate the joy of freedom and the life of meditation in the forest. Together these collections preserve the unique voices of hundreds of early practitioners.