The Collection of Minor Texts

For your lust is stilled, like dried up food in a pot."

With a liberated mind, enjoy your almsfood free from debt."

With complete wisdom, shatter the mass of darkness."

Released from all bonds, live in the world taintless."

For those who have missed the moment grieve, consigned to hell."

"Achieve Nibbāna, the unsurpassed security from bondage."

Bear your final body, having conquered Māra with his army."

Develop wholesome states for the attainment of security from bondage."

Develop wholesome states for the unsurpassed security from bondage."

Bear your final body, having conquered Māra with his mount."

From the mortar, from the pestle, and from my crooked husband.

I am freed from birth and death, the cord of existence is destroyed."

Whose mind is not bound to sensual pleasures - such a one is called 'upstream-bound'."

Quickly washing your feet, sit down to one side."

Having removed desire for existence, you will live at peace."

Having pulled out craving with its root, I am cooled, quenched."

For your lust is stilled, you are cooled, quenched."

With trembling limbs, right there I fell to the ground;

Having seen the danger in the body, then my mind was liberated."

Having abandoned lust and hatred, and dispelled ignorance;

Having pulled out craving with its root, I am peaceful, quenched."

Develop the mind on the unattractive, one-pointed and well concentrated.

Then through the breakthrough of conceit, you will live at peace."

All of them have been developed by me, as taught by the Enlightened One.

The round of births is destroyed, now there is no renewed existence."

The shameless one is like an umbrella to me, the cooking pot is like a crow to me.

Having gone to the root of a tree, I meditate happily thinking 'Oh what happiness!'"

Having set that as the price, the town set my price at half.

May I not run again and again through the round of births;

The three true knowledges have been realized, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

Leaning on a staff I go, climbing the mountain.

I propped myself against a rock, having broken through the mass of darkness."

Leaning on a staff I go, climbing the mountain.

I sat upon a rock, then my mind was liberated;

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done."

And the special observance day, well endowed with the eight factors.

Today with just one meal, with shaven head, wearing an outer robe;

I do not long for the company of deities, having removed anguish from the heart."

Examine this body, impure and foul-smelling.

Passion is cut off, I am cooled, quenched."

I will lay down this body, clearly comprehending and mindful.

The destruction of craving has been attained, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

Not having gained peace of mind, with mind not under control;

It is my eighth night, since craving was uprooted.

The destruction of craving has been attained, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

I do not recall ever gaining peace of mind.

Then I developed a sense of urgency, remembering the Teaching of the Victor.

The destruction of craving has been attained, the Buddha's Teaching has been done;

It is my seventh night, since craving was dried up."

Not having gained peace of mind, with mind not under control.

She taught me the Teaching, the aggregates, bases and elements.

For seven days in a single cross-legged posture, I sat immersed in rapture and happiness;

On the eighth day I stretched forth my feet, having broken through the mass of darkness."

All of them have been developed by me, as taught by the Enlightened One.

A daughter born of the Enlightened One's breast, always delighting in Nibbāna.

The round of births is destroyed, now there is no renewed existence."

I saw a bull elephant emerged after bathing, on the riverbank.

The bull elephant extended its foot, the person mounted the bull elephant.

Then I concentrated my mind, when I had gone to the forest."

Eighty-four thousand, all named Jīvā;

Have been burnt in this charnel ground, for which of them do you grieve?

You who, when I was overcome with sorrow, dispelled my sorrow for my daughter.

To the Enlightened One, the Teaching and the Community, I, a sage, go for refuge."

Who do not attend upon Sukkā, teaching the Buddha's Dispensation.

The wise ones drink, I think, like travellers from a cloud.

Bears her final body, having conquered Māra with his mount."

Enjoy sensual delights, do not be one who regrets later."

What you call 'delight in sensual pleasure' is now 'discontent' for me.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

That cannot be attained by a woman with two-finger wisdom."

When knowledge is present, one sees the Teaching rightly.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

Who knows past lives, and sees heaven and the plane of misery.

By these three true knowledges, a brahmin becomes one of triple knowledge.

Bears his final body, having conquered Māra with his mount.

We are taintless, tamed, cooled, quenched."

Not even for a finger snap did I find peace of mind.

Raising my arms, wailing, I entered the dwelling.

She taught me the Teaching, the aggregates, bases and elements.

I know my past lives, the divine eye is purified.

The spiritual powers have been realized by me, I have attained the destruction of taints;

The six direct knowledges have been realized, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

Proud of my youth, I looked down upon other women with arrogance.

I stood at the brothel door, like a hunter setting a snare.

I performed various magical illusions, making many people laugh out loud.

Seated at the root of a tree, I have gained the attainment without thought.

Having destroyed all taints, I am cooled, quenched."

I was formerly restless, with mind not under control.

I did not find peace of mind, following under the power of lustful thoughts.

Neither by day nor by night did I find happiness, being in great suffering.

Better for me to hang myself here, than to live low again.

I put the noose around my neck, then my mind was liberated."

Develop the mind on the unattractive, one-pointed and well concentrated.

It emits a foul stench, delighted in by fools.

Then through my own wisdom, I saw through it completely.

This body has been seen as it really is, both internally and externally.

Diligent and unfettered, I am peaceful, quenched."

Going to river fords, I would descend into the water.

I made my bed on the ground, I did not eat food at night.

I served this body, afflicted by sensual lust.

Having seen the body as it really is, sensual lust was destroyed.

Released from all bonds, she attained peace of mind."

I wandered here and there, eager for gains and honour.

Having come under the power of defilements, I did not understand the goal of asceticism.

I had taken a wrong path, having come under the power of craving.

Before this body breaks up, I have no time for negligence.

I rose with a liberated mind, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

I saw the stainless Teaching, Nibbāna the deathless state.

Having had my hair cut off, went forth into homelessness.

I abandoned lust and hatred, and the taints connected with them.

The divine eye is purified, stainless, well developed.

I abandoned all taints, I am cooled, quenched."

Then weak and old, I approached a Buddhist nun.

Having heard her Teaching, I cut off my hair and went forth.

I know my past lives, where I lived before.

I was immediately liberated, quenched without clinging.

Curse on you, vile aging! Now there is no renewed existence."

Perceiving wrong in what is not wrong, and seeing no wrong in what is wrong.

I saw the stainless Enlightened One, honoured by the Community of monks.

He said to me 'Come, fortunate one', that was my higher ordination.

For fifty years I ate the country's alms food without debt.

Who gave a robe to Bhaddā, who was freed from all knots."

Supporting wife and children, young men find wealth.

Not attain Nibbāna, being neither lazy nor restless.

And seeing the foot-washing water flow from high ground to low.

Then taking a lamp, I entered the dwelling;

Having examined the bed, I sat down on the couch.

Like the extinction of a lamp was the liberation of my mind."

Supporting wife and children, young men find wealth.

Quickly washing your feet, sit down to one side;

Devoted to serenity of mind, do the Buddha's Teaching'.

Having washed their feet, they sat down to one side;

Devoted to serenity of mind, they did the Buddha's Teaching.

In the middle watch of the night, they purified the divine eye;

In the last watch of the night, they shattered the mass of darkness.

Like the deities of the Thirty to Indra, undefeated in battle;

We will dwell honouring you, we are bearers of the three true knowledges, taintless.'

Without friends and relatives, I did not obtain food and clothing.

Scorched by cold and heat, I wandered for seven years.

Having approached her I said: 'Let me go forth into homelessness.'

Then having exhorted me, she established me in the highest goal.

The noble lady's exhortation was not in vain, I am one with triple knowledge, taintless."

Why do you weep for that being who came from where, saying 'my son'?

You do not grieve for him, for such is the nature of living beings.

Having come from somewhere indeed, staying for a few days,

From here he went one way, from there he goes another.

As he came, so he went, what lamentation is there in that?"

You who, when I was overcome with sorrow, dispelled my sorrow for my son.

To the Enlightened One, the Teaching and the Community, I, a sage, go for refuge."

Naked with dishevelled hair, I wandered here and there.

I wandered for three years, overcome by hunger and thirst.

The tamer of the untamed, the Enlightened One free from fear.

Out of compassion for me, Gotama taught me the Teaching.

Practising the Teacher's word, I realized the peaceful state.

For I have fully understood the bases from which sorrows originate."

Come, Khemā, let us delight with the five-factored musical instrument."

I am troubled and ashamed, craving for sensual pleasures has been destroyed.

What you call 'delight in sensual pleasure' is now 'discontent' for me.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker.

Not knowing things as they really are, I, a fool, conceived of purity.

Freed from all suffering, I am one who practises the Teacher's Teaching."

Covered with all ornaments, preceded by a group of slave-women.

Having departed from home, I went to the pleasure garden.

I entered to see the monastery, the Añjana forest in Sāketa.

Out of compassion for me, the One with Vision taught me the Teaching.

Right there I touched the stainless Teaching, the term of the Deathless.

The three true knowledges have been attained, not fruitless is the Buddha's teaching."

Endowed with beauty and form, the daughter born to Majjha.

To my father a messenger was sent: 'Give me Anopamā.'

I will give eight times that in gold and jewels.

Having paid homage at his feet, I sat down to one side.

Seated in that seat, I attained the third fruit.

It is my seventh night, since craving was dried up."

You who freed me from suffering, and many other people too.

The Eightfold Path has been developed, cessation has been touched by me.

Not knowing as it really was, I wandered on without finding.

The round of births is destroyed, now there is no renewed existence.

See the disciples in concord, this is the homage to the Enlightened Ones.

For those pierced by sickness and death, he dispelled the mass of suffering."

That very purpose you should develop, do not come under the power of mind.

Through many births in the round of rebirths, they run on without wisdom.

Grasping at rules and vows, and doubt the fifth.

That lead to the lower realms, you will not come back here again.

Having cut off the fetters, you will make an end of suffering.

In this very life, hungerless, you will live at peace."

Not having gained peace of mind, with mind not under control.

She taught me the Teaching, the elements and bases.

The enlightenment factors and the eightfold path, for the attainment of the highest good.

In the first watch of the night, I recollected my past lives.

In the last watch of the night, I shattered the mass of darkness.

On the seventh day I stretched forth my feet, having broken through the mass of darkness."

Supporting wife and children, young men find wealth.

Quickly washing your feet, sit down to one side.

Contemplate formations as other and not self.'

Having washed my feet, I sat down to one side.

In the middle watch of the night, I purified the divine eye.

Then I arose with the three true knowledges, your instruction has been done.

I will dwell having honoured you, taintless with the three true knowledges."

He penetrated the peaceful state, the happiness of stilling formations."

Yet you do not approve of religious sects, why do you wander about deluded?"

They do not understand the Teaching, they are not skilled in the Teaching.

He taught me the Teaching, the transcendence of views.

The noble eightfold path, leading to the peace of suffering.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

I have penetrated the peaceful state, frequented by noble persons."

Enjoy sensual delights, do not be one who regrets later."

Slaughter, bondage, affliction - one who is born encounters suffering.

He taught me the Teaching, the transcendence of birth.

The noble eightfold path, leading to the peace of suffering.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

One would attain the peaceful state, unsurpassable and swift."

The Nimmānarati deities and the Vasavatti deities;

Set your mind there, where you lived before."

The deities who delight in creating, and the deities who wield power.

Not having transcended identity, subject to birth and death.

All the world is burning, all the world is shaking.

The Enlightened One taught the Teaching, there my mind delights.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

Dear son, do not again and again become a partaker of suffering.

Become cool, attained to self-control, they dwell taintless.

For making an end of suffering, you, Vaḍḍha, should develop."

I think indeed, dear mother, craving is not found in you."

Even the tiniest bit of attachment is not found in me.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

Verses connected with the highest goal, as one who had compassion.

I attained a sense of urgency in the Teaching, for the attainment of security from bondage.

Being urged by my mother, I touched supreme peace."

Associating with good friends, even a fool would become wise.

Associating with superior persons, one would be freed from all suffering.

The eightfold path and the four noble truths.

For even with a husband it is suffering, some giving birth just once.

Caught between birth and death, both experience disasters.

Having given birth on the path, not yet having reached my own home.

Mother, father, and brother, are burning on a single pyre.

And you have shed tears through many thousands of births.

With my family destroyed, condemned by all, my husband dead, I attained the Deathless.

I have realized Nibbāna, I have looked into the mirror of the Teaching.

I, the Elder nun Kisā Gotamī, with liberated mind, spoke this."

Then a sense of urgency arose in me, extraordinary and terrifying.

Where we were mother and daughter, and co-wives.

I went forth in Rājagaha, from the household life into homelessness.

And the knowledge of others' minds, the ear element is purified.

The six direct knowledges are realized, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

I paid homage at the feet of the Buddha, such a Lord of the world."

And you have no second person with you, foolish one, are you not afraid of brewers' mixers?"

I would not stir a hair nor tremble, what will you do to me alone, Māra?

I stand between your eyebrows, yet you do not see me standing.

The six direct knowledges are realized, the Buddha's Teaching has been done."

What you call 'delight in sensual pleasure' is now 'discontent' for me.

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O End-maker."

Fearful of the masters' stick, frightened by the fault of harsh speech.

With trembling limbs you feel intense cold."

Doing wholesome action, restraining evil done.

Even that one, by ablution with water, is freed from evil action."

That by ablution with water, one is freed from evil action.

And dragons and crocodiles, and other creatures that live in water.

Thieves and executioners, and other evil-doers;

Even they, by ablution with water, would be freed from evil action.

They would also wash away your merit; thereby you would be excluded.

"Do not do that, brahmin, let not the cold strike your skin."

Lady of the water-sprinkling, I give this cloth to you."

If you fear suffering, if suffering is disagreeable to you.

If you will do or are doing an evil action.

If you fear suffering, if suffering is disagreeable to you.

"Undertake the precepts, that will be for your good."

I undertake the precepts, that will be for my good.

I am one of triple knowledge, accomplished in true knowledge, a purified master of sacred lore."

Through old age they have become like hemp fibres - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age it has become smelling of old hair - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age it has become sparse here and there - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age my head has become bare - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they hang down with wrinkles - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Struck by old age they no longer shine - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age it has become as if withered - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they hang down with wrinkles - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they are broken like sickles - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age it has become broken here and there - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age it is broken and bent - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they have become like withered trumpet-flowers - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they have become like root-fibres - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

They hang down like empty water-bags - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Now it is covered with fine wrinkles - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they have become like bamboo sticks - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they have become like sesame stalks - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

Through old age they are cracked and wrinkled - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise.

An old house with its plaster fallen off - the word of the truth-speaker is not otherwise."

You always praise ascetics, surely you will become an ascetic.

Rohinī, now I ask you, why are ascetics dear to you?

"Hopeful and desiring the sweet, why are ascetics dear to you?"

I shall praise to you their wisdom, virtue and exertion.

They abandon lust and hatred, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

All evil they have abandoned, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

Pure is their mental action, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

Full of wholesome qualities, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

They teach the goal and the Teaching, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

One-pointed in mind and mindful, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

They understand the end of suffering, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

They go without expectation, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

Their search is complete, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

They live on what is present, therefore ascetics are dear to me.

They hold each other dear, therefore ascetics are dear to me."

With faith in the Buddha and the Teaching, and deep reverence for the Community.

These ascetics accept our offerings too."

If you fear suffering, if suffering is disagreeable to you.

"Undertake the precepts, that will be for your good."

I undertake the precepts, that will be for my good.

"I am one with the three true knowledges, a brahmin scholar, one who has attained true knowledge, and one who is spiritually cleansed."

Due to craving's terrible swamp, he could not cross to the far shore.

Having cut Cāpā's bondage, I will go forth once again.

For one possessed by anger, there is no purity, how can there be austerity?

They bind with feminine form the ascetics who live by the Teaching."

"I and those who are my relatives are under your control."

For one who is delighted in you, that would indeed be magnificent."

Like a flowering pomegranate bush, like a pāṭali tree in a courtyard.

Being such a beautiful and peaceful one, whom are you leaving me for?"

With alluring form, you will not obstruct me."

Being such a peaceful one with a child, whom are you leaving me for?"

Great heroes go forth, like a bull elephant breaking its bonds."

"I will throw you to the ground, you will not escape from sorrow for your son."

You will not make me return to motherhood, you wretch."

To which village, town, city, or royal capital?"

We wandered from village to village, through cities and royal capitals.

Teaching the Teaching to living beings for the abandoning of all suffering;

I am going to his presence, he will be my teacher."

And having circumambulated, you should dedicate the offering."

Now I shall pay homage to you, the unsurpassed protector of the world;

And having circumambulated, I shall dedicate the offering."

He saw the Enlightened One teaching the term of the Deathless.

The noble eightfold path, leading to the peace of suffering.

Having bid farewell to Cāpā, I went forth into homelessness;

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done.

You were extremely tormented both day and night.

For what reason are you not severely tormented?"

Were eaten in the past, by both you and me, brahmin.

I do not sorrow, do not weep, nor do I feel tormented."

Whose Teaching have you understood, that you speak such utterance?"

For the abandoning of all suffering, teaches the Teaching to living beings.

Having understood the true Teaching there, I dispelled my sorrow for my son."

Perhaps that Blessed One may free me from all suffering."

The sage who has gone beyond suffering taught him the Teaching.

The noble eightfold path, leading to the peace of suffering.

Within three nights, Sujāta touched the three true knowledges.

Tell the brahmin lady that all is well, 'the brahmin has now gone forth;

Within three nights, Sujāta touched the three true knowledges.'"

Tell the brahmin lady that all is well, "the brahmin has now gone forth;

Within three nights, Sujāta touched the three true knowledges."

Having heard of the brahmin of triple knowledge, I give you a full bowl."

I too will go forth in the presence of one of excellent wisdom."

Your father has gone forth, enjoy the wealth, beautiful one; You are the heir of the family."

My father has gone forth, afflicted with sorrow for his son;

Food collected on alms round, gleanings, and a rag-robe as clothing;

They transcend these, taintless in the next world."

I know my past lives, where I lived before.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done.

I will roar a lion's roar in the presence of the supreme Enlightened One."

The tamer of the untamed, the Enlightened One free from fear."

Free from lust, detached, one who has done what had to be done, taintless.

Your disciple, O Great Hero, Sundari pays homage at your feet."

Born from your mouth, legitimate, one who has done what had to be done, taintless."

Thus do those who are tamed come, to venerate the Teacher's feet;

Free from lust and unfettered, their task done, taintless."

Being diligent, I had a breakthrough to the truths.

Seeing fear in identity, I yearned only for renunciation.

Prosperous villages and fields, delightful and joyous.

Thus gone forth out of faith, in the well-proclaimed true Teaching.

Who having discarded gold and silver, would take them up again.

This is not proper for an ascetic, this is not noble wealth.

It is dangerous and troublesome, there is no stable continuation here.

Opposing one another, they create much conflict.

For those fallen into sensual pleasures, many disasters are seen.

Know that I have gone forth, seeing fear in sensual pleasures.

Sensual pleasures are murderous enemies, foes that bind like arrows.

Know that I have gone forth, with shaven head, wearing an outer robe.

This indeed is suitable for me, the support for one who is homeless.

They are liberated in a state of security, they have attained unshakeable happiness.

Sensual pleasures are murderous enemies, painful like a mass of fire.

This is a very unrighteous greed, a great gateway to delusion.

Which fools delight in, worldlings who have become blind.

They do not know the limit of birth and death.

Indeed many humans follow it, bringing their own affliction.

Binding to worldly things, sensual pleasures are bonds of death.

For the defilement of beings, quickly laid out by Māra.

Little gratification, creating conflict, withering the wholesome side.

I shall not return to them, always delighting in Nibbāna.

I will dwell diligently, for the destruction of all fetters.

That path I follow, by which the great seers have crossed over."

Having attained the unstirred state, she meditates at the foot of a tree.

Trained by Uppalavanna, with the three true knowledges, having abandoned death.

Released from all bonds, her task done, taintless.

The lord of beings pays homage to beautiful Kammāra's daughter.

A mixer stopped her, and Subhā said this to him.

Friend, it is not proper for a man to touch one gone forth.

The state of purity without blemish, why do you stand blocking my way?

With a mind liberated in all ways, why do you stand blocking my way?"

Cast off the ochre robe, come, let us delight in the flowering forest.

The beginning of spring is a pleasant season, come, let us delight in the flowering forest.

What delight will you have, if you enter the forest alone?

You wish to go alone to the vast forest, desolate and terrifying.

With fine Kasi garments, beautiful and incomparable, you shine in fine clothes.

For there is no living being dearer to me than you, O doe-eyed kinnari.

Dwelling in a sheltered mansion, let women attend to you.

I will make for you many ornaments of gold, jewels and pearls of various kinds.

Mount this worthy couch, fragrant with sandalwood's core essence.

Thus you, living the holy life, will come to old age with your hair and limbs.

In this body subject to breaking up, seeing which you are depressed as you look?"

Seeing your eyes, my sensual delight increases even more.

Seeing your eyes, my cord of sensual pleasure increases even more.

For there is no eyes dearer to me than yours, O doe-eyed kinnari."

You wish to leap over Mount Meru, you who pursue a daughter of the Enlightened One.

I do not even know what it is like, as it has been destroyed by the path, together with its roots.

I do not even see what it is like, as it has been destroyed by the path, together with its roots.

You try to entice one like that, knowing this you torment her.

Knowing the conditioned as foul, my mind does not cling to anything at all.

With dart extracted, taintless, I delight in going to empty dwellings.

Bound by strings and pegs, made to dance in various ways.

When broken into pieces, where would one establish the mind there?

They do not occur without states, where would one establish the mind there?

There your vision is distorted, human perception is purposeless.

You approach what is void, blind one, like a silver puppet among people.

A boil grows here, and various kinds of eye diseases are lumped together."

"Come, take your eye back," she gave it at once to that man.

"May you be well, celibate one, this will not happen again."

Like grabbing a poisonous snake, may there be well-being, forgive us."

Seeing the one with marks of supreme merit, her eye became as it was before.

Two virtuous Buddhist nuns of the Sakyan clan.

Delighting in meditation and contemplation, learned, with defilements shaken off.

Comfortably seated in a secluded place, they spoke these words.

What did you see as disadvantageous, that you are devoted to renunciation?"

Isidāsī spoke these words, "Listen Bodhī, to how I went forth.

I was his only daughter, dear, agreeable and beloved.

A merchant of great wealth, to him my father gave me as a daughter-in-law.

With my head I pay homage to their feet, I bow as I was instructed.

Seeing even one of those excellent ones, anxiously I offer a seat.

I serve them and offer and give what is suitable for each.

Having washed my hands and feet, with reverential salutation I approach my husband.

Like a personal attendant, I myself adorn my husband.

Like a mother to her only son, so I attend to my husband.

Industrious, not lazy, and virtuous, my husband hated me.

I will not live with Isidāsī, I cannot stay in the same house'.

Industrious and not lazy, why are you not pleased with her, son'.

She is hateful to me, I have had enough, having taken leave I will go'.

'What wrong have you done? Speak freely as it really is'.

What can be done, lady, when my husband hates me."

'Protecting our son, we have lost our beautiful fortune.'

For half the bride price that the merchant had paid for me.

Though I served like a slave, blameless and virtuous.

'You will be my son-in-law, put down your bowl and water pot.'

Water pot and bowl, I will go for alms again.'

'What is not done for you here? Tell quickly and we will do it.'

I will not live with Isidāsī, I cannot stay in the same house'.

'Having taken leave I shall go, either to die or to go forth'.

One who upholds the discipline, learned, endowed with virtue, to my father's family.

When she was seated, I paid homage at her feet and offered food.

Having satisfied them I said, "Noble lady, I wish to go forth."

With food and drink, satisfy ascetics and brahmins.'

'Evil action has been done by me, I will wear that away.'

May you gain Nibbāna, which the best of humans realized.'

Seven days after going forth, I touched the three true knowledges.

I will tell you about it, listen to it with one-pointed mind.

Intoxicated with the vanity of youth, I engaged in adultery.

Having risen from there when cooked, I entered the womb of a monkey.

This was the result of that action, just as I had gone to another's wife.

I entered the womb of a blind and lame female goat.

Infested with worms, not pliant, just as I had gone to another's wife.

A reddish-brown calf, hairless for twelve months.

Blind and round, not pliant, just as I had gone to another's wife.

Neither woman nor man, just as I had gone to another's wife.

Poor with little wealth, with many men falling for the money-lender.

Dragged me away wailing, having torn me from the family home.

The son of Orundhata, named Giridāsa,

Being in love with my husband, I made him hate me.

Though I served like a slave, I put an end to that too."

Of King Koñca's chief queen, having confidence in those who made the Teaching.

Having approached mother and father, she said: "Both of you listen.

How much more so are hollow sensual pleasures, of little gratification and much vexation.

For a long time they are consigned to hell, where they are struck and suffer.

Fools unrestrained in body, speech, and mind.

When being taught, not knowing, they do not understand the noble truths.

They delight in existence, and long for rebirth among deities.

Yet fools are not afraid of having to be born again and again.

And for those gone to the lower worlds, there is no going forth in the hells.

Living at ease I will strive for the abandoning of birth and death.

Through the cessation of craving for existence, permit me, I will go forth.

The virtues and the holy life, as long as I live I would not corrupt."

Living in the household, I will be as one gone to death's power."

They try to persuade her, fallen to the ground from the mansion's floor.

King Anikaratta, handsome, to him you are given.

Virtuous behavior, the holy life, going forth are difficult, dear child.

Enjoy sensual pleasures, let there be marriage for you, child."

Either there will be going forth, or death for me, but certainly not marriage.

A bellows filled with impurities, constantly oozing.

A dwelling place for worms, food for birds, why should this carcass be given?

Thrown away like a log, by relatives who are disgusted.

One's own mother and father, what then of people in general.

Full of spittle and excrement, to this putrid body.

Unable to bear the smell, even one's own mother would be disgusted.

Carefully investigating, why should I desire a husband?

Even a hundred years of being struck would be better if suffering would thus end.

'Long is the round of births for those, who are struck again and again.'

Among ghosts and in hell, countless killings are seen.

Even among deities there is no protection, there is no happiness beyond the happiness of Nibbāna.

Living at ease they strive for the abandoning of birth and death.

I am disgusted with sensual pleasures, they are like vomit, made like a palm stump."

She was in despair in Varanavata, when the time for marriage had arrived.

Closed the palace and entered into the first meditation.

And in the palace, Sumedha was developing the perception of impermanence.

His limbs adorned with jewels and gold, with joined palms he begged Sumedha.

Enjoy sensual pleasures, sensual happiness is rare in the world.

Do not be sad, your mother and father are suffering."

"Do not seek delight in sensual pleasures, see the danger in sensual pleasures.

He died unsatisfied, his wishes unfulfilled.

There would be no satisfaction in sensual pleasures, beings die unsatisfied.

They burn like a torch, they are like a skeleton.

Like a heated iron ball, they are rooted in misery and have suffering as their fruit.

Like dreams they are deceptive, sensual pleasures are like borrowed goods.

Like a pit of coals, rooted in misery, fear and destruction.

Go, I have no trust in myself for the Blessed One.

When old age and death pursue, one must strive for their destruction."

Seeing them seated on the ground, weeping, I said this.

In the beginningless round at father's death, brother's slaughter and one's own slaughter.

Remember the accumulation of bones of beings who roam in the round of rebirths.

Recall the heap of bones from one aeon, equal to a great mountain.

The pellets the size of jujube stones from mothers upon mothers would not suffice.

The four-finger blocks from fathers upon fathers would not suffice.

And its head going through that, a simile for gaining human birth.

See the aggregates as impermanent, recall the many vexations in hell.

Recall the perils of crocodiles, recall the four noble truths.

For all sensual delights are more bitter than the five bitter things.

For all sensual delights are burning, boiling, trembling, and tormented.

Sensual pleasures are shared with kings, fire, thieves, water and unloved ones, having many enemies.

For those who are unwilling in sensual pleasures experience the suffering of imprisonment and death.

For sensual pleasures are like a torch, they burn those who do not let them go.

Do not be like a fish that swallows the hook, and afterwards suffers.

Sensual pleasures will treat you like outcasts treat a hungry dog.

You will experience when bound to sensual pleasure, abandon unstable sensual pleasures.

All births everywhere are seized by death and sickness.

Free from enemies, free from confinement, unwavering, free from fear, free from torment.

By one who makes careful effort, but it cannot be achieved without striving."

While Anikaratta was persuading her, Sumedhā threw her hair to the ground.

"Release Sumedhā, let her go forth to see the truth of liberation."

The six direct knowledges were realized, while training for the highest fruit.

As she declared her past life's course in the final time.

Three of us women friends gave the gift of a dwelling.

We were reborn among deities, what need to speak of human births.

I was the queen consort of one with seven treasures, the treasure of women.

That is the first combination, that is Nibbāna through delight in the Teaching."

They become disenchanted with what leads to existence, being disenchanted they become dispassionate.