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Previous Chapter 11. The Book of the Twelves

12.

The Book of the Sixteens

1.

Verses of the Elder Nun Puṇṇā

236.

"A water-carrier I was in the cold, always going down into the water;

Frightened by fear of punishment from my masters, afflicted by fear of verbal blame.

237.

"Frightened of whom, brahmin, do you always descend into the water;

With trembling limbs, you feel the cold intensely."

238.

Knowing me indeed, dear lady, Puṇṇikā, you inquire;

Doing wholesome action, preventing evil that has been done.

239.

"Whether one is old or young, whoever commits an evil deed;

By sprinkling with water, even he is freed from evil deeds."

240.

"Who then told you this, one not knowing to one not knowing;

By sprinkling with water, one is freed from evil deeds."

241.

"Surely they will go to heaven, all the frogs and turtles;

Serpents and crocodiles too, and whatever others dwell in water.

242.

"Sheep-butchers, pig-butchers, fishermen, deer-hunters;

Thieves and executioners too, and whatever others are evil-doers;

By sprinkling with water, even they would be freed from evil deeds.

243.

"If these rivers would carry away for you the much evil done before;

They would also carry away your merit, thereby you would be an outsider.

244.

"That of which, brahmin, you are frightened, always descending into the water;

That very thing, brahmin, do not do, let not the cold harm your skin."

245.

"Me, who had entered the wrong path, you brought to the noble path;

By sprinkling with water, dear lady, I give you this cloth."

246.

"Let the cloth be yours alone, I do not wish for a cloth;

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

247.

"Do not do evil action, whether openly or in secret;

If you will do or are doing evil action.

248.

There is no freedom from suffering for you, even if you approach and flee;

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

249.

"Go to the Buddha, the Teaching, and such a Community for refuge;

Take upon yourself the moralities, that will be for your benefit."

250.

"I go to the Buddha, the Teaching, and such a Community for refuge;

I take upon myself the moralities, that will be for my benefit."

251.

"Formerly I was a kinsman of Brahma, today I am a true brahmin;

I am a possessor of the threefold true knowledge, accomplished in the Vedas, a learned one, and I am one who has bathed."

... The Elder Nun Puṇṇā...

The Chapter of Sixteens is concluded.

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