Thag 2.25Vītasoka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Vītasokattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE TWOS
2.25. Vītasoka
BJT 169“‘I will shave my hair,’ and the barber came. Then, taking a mirror, I contemplated the body.
BJT 170“The body was seen as empty, the dark night vanished, all defilements were completely destroyed; now there is no further rebirth.”
The venerable elder Vītasoka spoke these verses thus.
The verses of the elder Vītasoka.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda , 2011 . Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator’s website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
Used by kind permission of the translator.
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