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Thag 5:1 Rājadatta
I, a monk,
gone to the charnel ground,
saw a woman cast away,
discarded
there in the cemetery.
Though some were disgusted,
seeing her—dead, evil—
lust
appeared,
as if I were blind
to the oozings.
In less time than it takes
for rice to cook,
I got out of that place.
Mindful, alert, I
sat down to one side.
Then apt attention arose in me,
the drawbacks appeared,
disenchantment stood
at an even keel:
With that, my heart was released.
See the Dhamma’s true rightness!
The three knowledges
have been attained;
the Awakened One’s bidding,
done.