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Therīgāthā

thig2.1:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.1

thig2.1:0.2The Book of the Twos

thig2.1:0.3Abhirūpanandā

thig2.1:1.1Nandā, see this bag of bones as

thig2.1:1.2diseased, filthy, and rotten.

thig2.1:1.3With mind unified and serene,

thig2.1:1.4meditate on the ugly aspects of the body.

thig2.1:2.1Meditate on the signless,

thig2.1:2.2give up the tendency to conceit;

thig2.1:2.3and when you comprehend conceit,

thig2.1:2.4you will live at peace.

thig2.1:3.1That is how the Buddha regularly advised the trainee nun Nandā with these verses.

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