Thag 2.26 - Punnamasa Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Source: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/thag/thag.02.26.than.html License: CC-BY-NC-4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Copyright: ©2005 Thanissaro Bhikkhu. License notice: The text of this page ("Punnamasa", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. Documents linked from this page may be subject to other restrictions. Attribution: ©2005 Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The text of this page ("Punnamasa", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. Documents linked from this page may be subject to other restrictions. Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 24 November 2013. How to cite this document (a suggested style): "Punnamasa" (Thag 2.26), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 24 November 2013, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/thag/thag.02.26.than.html . Changes: Presentation only: original HTML markup reflowed into plain text; wording, numbering and source repetitions retained. No repetitions expanded. Completeness: ABBREVIATED. Every source-unit character is preserved, including introductions, notes and verse structure. Thanissaro's collection-level note explicitly states that repetitions were cut: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/about.html. This is evidence about the translation method, not an assertion that every individual unit contains an omission; no repetitions reconstructed. Punnamasa (Thag 2.26) {Thag 171-172} Shedding five hindrances so as to reach the unexcelled rest from the yoke, taking the Dhamma as mirror for knowing & seeing myself, I reflected on this body — the whole thing, inside & out, my own & others'. How vain & empty it looked!