Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.3

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1. Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.3
2. The Book of the Fives
3. Sīhā
4. Due to irrational application of mind,
5. I was racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.
6. I was restless in the past,
7. lacking control over my mind.
8. Overcome by corruptions,
9. pursuing perceptions of the beautiful,
10. I gained no peace of mind.
11. Under the sway of lustful thoughts,
12. thin, pale, and wan,
13. for seven years I wandered,
14. full of pain,
15. finding no happiness by day or night.
16. Taking a rope
17. I entered deep into the forest, thinking:
18. “It’s better that I hang myself
19. than I return to a lesser life.”
20. I made a strong noose
21. and tied it to the branch of a tree.
22. Casting it round my neck,
23. my mind was freed.