Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.1

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1. Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.1
2. The Book of the Fives
3. An Unnamed Nun (2nd)
4. In the twenty-five years
5. since I went forth
6. I have not found peace of mind,
7. even for as long as a finger-snap.
8. Failing to find peace of heart,
9. festering with sensual desire,
10. I cried with flailing arms
11. as I entered a dwelling.
12. I approached a nun
13. in whom I had faith.
14. She taught me the Dhamma:
15. the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.
16. When I heard her teaching,
17. I retired to a discreet place.
18. I know my past lives;
19. my clairvoyance is purified;
20. I comprehend the minds of others;
21. my clairaudience is purified;
22. I’ve realized the psychic powers,
23. and attained the ending of defilements.
24. I have realized the six kinds of direct knowledge,
25. and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.