Vimala: The Former Courtesan

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Khuddaka
Therigatha

Thig 5.2

PTS: Thig 72-76

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

1998-2014

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

Intoxicated with my complexion figure, beauty, & fame; haughty with youth, I despised other women. Adorning this body embellished to delude foolish men, I stood at the door to the brothel: a hunter with snare laid out. I showed off my ornaments, and revealed many a private part. I worked my manifold magic, laughing out loud at the crowd. Today, wrapped in a double cloak, my head shaven, having wandered for alms, I sit at the foot of a tree and attain the state of no-thought. All ties — human & divine — have been cut. Having cast off all effluents, cooled am I, unbound.

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