Thag 1.43 — Sumaṅgala

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thag 1:43 Sumaṅgala

So freed! So freed!
So thoroughly freed am I
from three crooked things:
my sickles, my shovels, my plows.
Even if they were here,
        right here,
I’d be done with them,
        done.
Do jhāna, Sumaṅgala.
Do jhāna, Sumaṅgala.
Sumaṅgala, stay heedful.