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Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs Chapter of the Fives Verses of the Elder Sakulā “I was a householder when I heard the Dhamma from a bhikkhu. I saw the stainless Dhamma, the path to Nirvana, that which never dies. I left behind daughter and son, wealth and grain. I had my hair cut off, and went forth into homelessness. I trained myself peacefully, cultivating the path forward. I discarded passion and aversion, and all other influences. As an ordained bhikkhunī I have remembered my previous lives. My divine eye is purified, flawless, and well-developed. I have seen formations as alien, arisen due to conditions, and subject to decay. I have eliminated all the influences, I have become cool and quenched.” The Elder Sakulā