Verses of the Senior Monks 6.6

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1. Verses of the Senior Monks 6.6
2. The Book of the Sixes
3. Chapter One
4. Sappadāsa
5. In the twenty-five years
6. since I went forth,
7. I have not found peace of mind,
8. even as long as a finger-snap.
9. Since I couldn’t get my mind unified,
10. I was racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.
11. Wailing, with outstretched arms,
12. I left my dwelling.
13. Shall I … or shall I commit suicide?
14. What’s the point of living?
15. For how on earth can one such as me die
16. after resigning the training?
17. Then I picked up a razor,
18. I sat on a cot:
19. the razor was ready
20. to slice my vein.
21. Then the realization
22. came upon me—
23. the danger became clear,
24. and I was firmly disillusioned.
25. Then my mind was freed—
26. see the excellence of the teaching!
27. I’ve attained the three knowledges,
28. and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.