Theragatha
Chapter I — Single Verses

18

Singalapita

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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There was an heir to the One Awakened,
a monk in the Bhesakala forest,
who suffused this whole earth
with the perception of
    "bones."
Quickly, I'd say, he abandoned
sensual passion.