Thig 2: Chapter 2

Thig 2

Chapter 2

Pairs of Verses

(excerpt)

Translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

PTS: vv. 19-38

Source: Transcribed from a file provided by the translator.

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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!"