Therigatha II

For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma

Context of this chapter

Contents (selected suttas):


II.3 -- Sumangala's Mother 

So freed! So freed!
So thoroughly freed am I --
   from my pestle,
   my shameless husband
   & his sun-shade making,
   my moldy old pot
   with its water-snake smell.
Aversion & passion
I cut with a chop.
Having come to the foot of a tree,
I meditate, absorbed in the bliss:
   "What bliss!"