Theragatha
Chapter VI — The Sixes
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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VI.1[idx][pāḷi] Vijayā
Four times, five, I ran amok from my dwelling,
having gained no peace of awareness,
my thoughts out of control.
So, approaching a nun,
I cross-questioned her attentively.
She taught me the Dhamma:
aggregates, sense media, properties,
four noble truths,
five faculties,
seven factors for awakening,
the eightfold path
for attaining the highest goal.
Hearing her words,
I did her bidding.
In the first watch of the night,
I remembered past lives.
In the second watch of the night,
I purified the divine eye.
In the third watch of the night,
I burst the mass of darkness.
Then I stayed, suffusing[1] my body
with rapture and pleasure.
On the seventh day, I stretched out my legs,
having burst the mass
of darkness.
[1] Reading pharitvā with the Thai edition.
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