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Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs Chapter of the Fives Verses of the Elder Sundarīnandā “Nandā, see this body as diseased, impure, and rotten. Cultivate awareness of the unattractive, with a well-collected, one-pointed mind. As this is, so is that, as that is, so is this. Only fools enjoy the vile smell of rotten winds.” “I looked at it in this way relentlessly, by day and by night, saw it for myself with wisdom, and had a breakthrough. I heedfully investigated the origin of things to accurately see this body inside and out. Then I was disenchanted by the body, and I became dispassionate. Heedful, unbound, I am quenched and at peace.” The Elder Sundarīnandā