Thag 1.18 — Sigāla’s Father

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Translation

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Thag 1:18 Siṅgālapitar

There was an heir to the One Awakened,
a monk in the Bhesakaḷā forest,
who suffused this whole earth
with the perception of
  “bones.”
Quickly, I’d say, he abandoned
    sensual passion.