Norman 29. Although I am pained, weak, with my youth gone, I go along leaning on a stick, having climbed the mountain. 30. I threw down my outer robe and turned my bowl upside down. I sat down on a rock. Then my mind was completely released. I have obtained the three knowledges. I have… Continue reading 02.06 Mettikā Therī
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02.08 Abhayamātā Therī [Abhaya’s Mother] (33-34)
Norman 33. Mother, from the soles of the feet upwards, from the head and hair downwards, consider this impure, evil-smelling body. 34. As I dwell in this way all my desire has been rooted out; the burning fever has been cut out; I have become cool, quenched. Weingast I once spent a week in bed… Continue reading 02.08 Abhayamātā Therī [Abhaya’s Mother] (33-34)
02.10 Sāmā Therī (37-38)
Norman 37. Four or five times I went out from my cell, not having obtained peace of mind, my mind being unsubmissive. 38. This is the eighth night since my craving was completely rooted out. Delighting in vigilance because of many painful objects, I have obtained the annihilation of craving. I have done the Buddha’s… Continue reading 02.10 Sāmā Therī (37-38)
03.01 Another Sāmā Therī (39-41)
Norman 39. Twenty-five years have passed since I went forth. I am not aware of having obtained peace of mind at any time. 40. Without peace of mind, my mind being unsubmissive, then I reached a state of religious excitement, remembering the teaching of the conqueror. 41. Delighting in vigilance because of many painful objects,… Continue reading 03.01 Another Sāmā Therī (39-41)
06.1 Pañcasatā Paṭācāra Therī (127-132)
Weingast’s title is “The Five Hundred.” Norman 127. “Whose way you do not know, either coming or going, why do you lament that being [who has] come, crying ‘My son’? 128. “But you do not grieve for him whose way you do know, either coming or going; for such is the nature of living creatures.… Continue reading 06.1 Pañcasatā Paṭācāra Therī (127-132)
05.12 Candā Therī (122-126)
Norman 122. Formerly I fared ill, a widow, without children. Without friends and relations I did not obtain food or clothing. 123. Taking a bowl and stick, begging from family to family, and being burned by cold and heat, I wandered for seven years. 124. But then I saw a bhikkhunī who had obtained food… Continue reading 05.12 Candā Therī (122-126)
06.3 Khemā Therī (139-144)
Norman 139. “You are young and beautiful; I also am young and in my prime. Come, Khemā, let us delight ourselves with the fivefold music.” 140. I am afflicted by and ashamed of this foul body, diseased, perish able. Craving for sensual pleasures has been rooted out. 141. Sensual pleasures are like swords and stakes;… Continue reading 06.3 Khemā Therī (139-144)
06.2 Vāsiṭṭhī Therī (133-138)
Norman 133. Afflicted by grief for my son, with mind deranged, out of my senses, naked, and with dishevelled hair, I wandered here and there. 134. I dwelt on rubbish heaps in the streets, in a cemetery, and on highways; I wandered for three years, consigned to hunger and thirst. 135. Then I saw the… Continue reading 06.2 Vāsiṭṭhī Therī (133-138)
05.10 Patācārā Therī (112-116)
Norman 112. Ploughing the field with ploughs, sowing seeds in the ground, nourishing wives and children, young men find wealth. 113. Why do I, possessed of virtuous conduct, complying with the teaching of the teacher, not obtain quenching? I am not slack, nor puffed-up. 114. I washed my feet and paid attention to the waters;… Continue reading 05.10 Patācārā Therī (112-116)
05.08 Soṇā Therī (102-106)
Norman 102. I bore ten sons in this material body, and then being weak and aged I approached a bhikkhuni. 103. She taught me the doctrine, the elements of existence, the sense-bases, and the elements. When I heard the doctrine from her, I cut off my hair and went forth. 104. As I underwent training… Continue reading 05.08 Soṇā Therī (102-106)