thig5.7:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.7
thig5.7:0.2The Book of the Fives
thig5.7:0.3Sakulā
thig5.7:1.1While staying at home
thig5.7:1.2I heard the teaching from a monk.
thig5.7:1.3I saw the stainless Dhamma,
thig5.7:1.4extinguishment, the state that does not pass.
thig5.7:2.1Leaving behind my son and my daughter,
thig5.7:2.2my riches and my grain,
thig5.7:2.3I had my hair cut off,
thig5.7:2.4and went forth to homelessness.
thig5.7:3.1As a trainee nun,
thig5.7:3.2I developed the direct path.
thig5.7:3.3I gave up greed and hate,
thig5.7:3.4along with associated defilements.
thig5.7:4.1When I was fully ordained as a nun,
thig5.7:4.2I recollected my past lives,
thig5.7:4.3and purified my clairvoyance,
thig5.7:4.4immaculate and fully developed.
thig5.7:5.1Conditions are born of causes, crumbling;
thig5.7:5.2having seen them as other,
thig5.7:5.3I gave up all defilements,
thig5.7:5.4I’m cooled and quenched.