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Previous Chapter 2. The Book of the Twos

3.

The Book of the Threes

1.

Verses of the Elder Nun Aparā Sāmā

39.

"Twenty-five years, since I went forth;

I do not know of having attained tranquillity of mind at any time.

40.

"Not having gained peace of mind, not having control over my mind;

Then I attained religious emotion, having remembered the Conqueror's Dispensation.

41.

"By many painful states, for me who delights in heedfulness;

The elimination of craving has been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled;

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

... Another Elder Nun Sāmā...

2.

Verses of the Elder Nun Uttamā

42.

"Four times, five times, I went out from the dwelling;

Not having gained peace of mind, not having control over my mind.

43.

"I approached a nun, who was trustworthy to me;

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

44.

"Having heard the teaching from her, as she instructed me;

For seven days in a single cross-legged posture, I sat, endowed with joy and happiness;

On the eighth day I stretched out my feet, having shattered the mass of darkness."

... The Elder Nun Uttamā...

3.

Verses of the Elder Nun Aparā Uttamā

45.

"These seven factors of enlightenment, the path for the attainment of Nibbāna;

All of them were developed by me, as taught by the Buddha.

46.

"Of emptiness and the signless, I am an obtainer at will;

A legitimate daughter of the Buddha, always delighting in Nibbāna.

47.

"All sensual pleasures have been cut off, those that are divine and those that are human;

The cycle of birth and wandering is eliminated, there is now no more rebirth."

... Another Elder Nun Uttamā...

4.

Verses of the Elder Nun Dantikā

48.

"Having come out from the day residence, on Vulture's Peak mountain;

I saw an elephant that had plunged in and emerged, on the riverbank.

49.

"A man, having taken a goad, requests 'Give your foot';

The elephant stretched out its foot, the man mounted the elephant.

50.

"Having seen the untamed one tamed, come under the control of human beings;

Thereupon I concentrated my mind, indeed having gone to the forest for that reason."

... The Elder Nun Dantikā...

5.

Verses of the Elder Nun Ubbirī

51.

"Mother, 'Jīvā!' you weep in the forest, understand yourself, Ubbirī;

Eighty-four thousand, all bearing the name Jīvā;

Were cremated at this cremation ground, for which of them do you grieve?"

52.

"He has indeed drawn out my dart, difficult to see, lodged in my heart;

He who, for me overcome with sorrow, dispelled my grief for my daughter.

53.

"Today I have the dart pulled out, without hunger, attained final Nibbāna;

I go to the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Community for refuge, the sage."

... The Elder Nun Ubbirī...

6.

Verses of the Elder Nun Sukkā

54.

"What have the people of Rājagaha done, that they lie as if drunk on honey;

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

55.

"And that which is irresistible, full and delicious in itself, nourishing;

The wise drink it, methinks, like travellers from a rain cloud.

56.

"Sukkā, with bright qualities, without lust, concentrated;

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

... The Elder Nun Sukkā...

7.

Verses of the Elder Nun Selā

57.

"There is no escape in the world, what will you do with seclusion;

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

58.

"Sensual pleasures are like stakes of spears, the aggregates are their chopping block;

What you call 'sensual delight', that is now discontent for me.

59.

"Delight has been destroyed everywhere, the mass of darkness has been split open;

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O Death."

... The Elder Nun Selā...

8.

Verses of the Elder Nun Somā

60.

"That state which is to be attained by sages, difficult to reach,

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

61.

"What does womanhood matter to us when the mind is well concentrated,

When knowledge is progressing, rightly seeing the Teaching.

62.

"Delight has been destroyed everywhere, the mass of darkness has been split open;

Know thus, Evil One, you are defeated, O Death."

... The Elder Nun Somā...

The Book of Threes is concluded.

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