thig7.2:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 7.2
thig7.2:0.2The Book of the Sevens
thig7.2:0.3Cālā
thig7.2:1.1“As a nun with developed faculties,
thig7.2:1.2having established mindfulness,
thig7.2:1.3I penetrated that peaceful state,
thig7.2:1.4the blissful stilling of conditions.”
thig7.2:2.1“In whose name did you shave your head?
thig7.2:2.2You look like an ascetic,
thig7.2:2.3but you don’t approve any creed.
thig7.2:2.4Why do you wander as if lost?”
thig7.2:3.1“Followers of other creeds
thig7.2:3.2rely on their views.
thig7.2:3.3They don’t understand the Dhamma,
thig7.2:3.4for they’re no experts in the Dhamma.
thig7.2:4.1But there is one born in the Sakyan clan,
thig7.2:4.2the unrivaled Buddha;
thig7.2:4.3he taught me the Dhamma
thig7.2:4.4for going beyond views.
thig7.2:5.1Suffering, suffering’s origin,
thig7.2:5.2suffering’s transcendence,
thig7.2:5.3and the noble eightfold path
thig7.2:5.4that leads to the stilling of suffering.
thig7.2:6.1After hearing his words,
thig7.2:6.2I happily did his bidding.
thig7.2:6.3I’ve attained the three knowledges
thig7.2:6.4and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.
thig7.2:7.1Relishing is banished in every respect,
thig7.2:7.2and the mass of darkness is shattered.
thig7.2:7.3So know this, Wicked One:
thig7.2:7.4you’re beaten, terminator!”