Punnamasa (Thag 2.26) {vv. 171-172} [go up]

Shedding five hindrances
so as to reach the unexcelled rest
	   from the yoke,
taking the Dhamma as mirror
for knowing & seeing myself,
I reflected on this body — 
	the whole thing,
	inside & out,
	my own & others'.
How vain & empty it looked!