Thig 5.7 Sakulā

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Thig 5.7 - Sakulā
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.7
The Book of the Fives
Sakulā
While staying at home
I heard the teaching from a monk.
I saw the stainless Dhamma,
extinguishment, the state that does not pass.
Leaving behind my son and my daughter,
my riches and my grain,
I had my hair cut off,
and went forth to homelessness.
As a trainee nun,
I developed the direct path.
I gave up greed and hate,
along with associated defilements.
When I was fully ordained as a nun,
I recollected my past lives,
and purified my clairvoyance,
immaculate and fully developed.
Conditions are born of causes, crumbling;
having seen them as other,
I gave up all defilements,
I’m cooled and quenched.