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Thig 2
PTS: Thig 19-38
Chapter 2: Pairs of Verses
(excerpt)
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
II.3 — Sumangala's Mother {vv. 23-24}
So freed! So freed!
So thoroughly freed am I —
from my pestle,
my shameless husband
& his sun-shade making,
my moldy old pot
with its water-snake smell.
Aversion & passion
I cut with a chop.
Having come to the foot of a tree,
I meditate, absorbed in the bliss:
"What bliss!"
©1994 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 24 November 2013.
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