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Previous Chapter 6. The Book of the Sixes

7.

The Book of the Sevens

1.

Verses of the Elder Nun Uttarā

175.

"Having taken pestles, young men pound grain;

Nourishing children and wife, young men gain wealth.

176.

"Strive in the Buddha's teaching, which having done one does not regret;

Quickly having washed your feet, sit down on one side.

177.

"'Having established the mind, fully focused, well concentrated;

Review activities as alien and not as self.'

178.

"Having heard her word, the instruction of Paṭācārā;

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

179.

"In the first watch of the night, I recollected past births;

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

180.

"In the last watch of the night, I shattered the mass of darkness;

Possessing the threefold true knowledge, thereupon I arose, your instruction has been fulfilled.

181.

Like the deities of the Thirty-three honour Sakka, unconquered in battle;

Having put her in front, I shall dwell, I am a possessor of the threefold true knowledge, without mental corruptions."

... The Elder Nun Uttarā...

2.

Verses of the Elder Nun Cālā

182.

"Having established mindfulness, a nun with developed faculties;

She penetrated the peaceful state, the stilling of activities, happiness."

183.

"With reference to whom are you shaven, you appear like a female ascetic;

Yet you do not approve of heresy, why do you wander about in sheer delusion?"

184.

"Outside of this, heretics are dependent on views;

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

185.

"There is one born in the Sakyan clan, the Buddha without equal;

He taught me the Teaching, the transcendence of views.

186.

Suffering, the origin of suffering, and the overcoming of suffering;

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

187.

"Having heard his word, I dwelt delighted in the Dispensation;

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

188.

"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 Cālā...

3.

Verses of the Elder Nun Upacālā

189.

"Mindful, with vision, a nun with developed faculties;

I penetrated the peaceful state, not practised by wretched persons."

190.

"Why do you not approve of birth? One who is born enjoys sensual pleasures;

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

191.

"For one who is born there is death, the cutting off of hands and feet;

Murder, imprisonment and hardship, one who is born undergoes suffering.

192.

"There is one born in the Sakyan clan, the Self-enlightened One, unconquered;

He taught me the Teaching, the transcendence of birth.

193.

Suffering, the origin of suffering, and the overcoming of suffering;

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

194.

"Having heard his word, I dwelt delighted in the Dispensation;

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

195.

"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 Upacālā...

The Chapter of Sevens is concluded.

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