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Thag 21
Vangisa
(excerpt)
Translated from the Pali by
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PTS: vv. 1224-25
Source: From Ananda: The Guardian of the Dhamma (WH 273/274), by Hellmuth Hecker, translated from the German by Sister Khema (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1980). Copyright © 1980 Buddhist Publication Society. Used with permission.
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1224. Since your perception is distorted, Your heart with passion is aflame. The marks of beauty should you shun, Bound up with lustful longing and desire. 1225. Your mind, one-pointed and collected, In seeing foulness should be cultivated. With mindfulness directed on the body, Dwell often in disgust concerning it.