thig3.2:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.2
thig3.2:0.2The Book of the Threes
thig3.2:0.3Uttamā
thig3.2:1.1Four or five times
thig3.2:1.2I left my dwelling.
thig3.2:1.3I had failed to find peace of heart,
thig3.2:1.4or any control over my mind.
thig3.2:2.1I approached a nun
thig3.2:2.2in whom I had faith.
thig3.2:2.3She taught me the Dhamma:
thig3.2:2.4the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.
thig3.2:3.1When I had heard her teaching,
thig3.2:3.2in accordance with her instructions,
thig3.2:3.3I sat cross-legged for seven days without moving,
thig3.2:3.4given over to rapture and bliss.
thig3.2:3.5On the eighth day I stretched out my feet,
thig3.2:3.6having shattered the mass of darkness.