Thig 3.2 Uttamā

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Thig 3.2 - Uttamā
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.2
The Book of the Threes
Uttamā
Four or five times
I left my dwelling.
I had failed to find peace of heart,
or any control over my mind.
I approached a nun
in whom I had faith.
She taught me the Dhamma:
the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.
When I had heard her teaching,
in accordance with her instructions,
I sat cross-legged for seven days without moving,
given over to rapture and bliss.
On the eighth day I stretched out my feet,
having shattered the mass of darkness.