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Thag 2.19

Nanda

Nandattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Twos

Chapter Two

Nanda

Because of focusing on the wrong things,
I was addicted to ornamentation.
I was vain, fickle,
racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.

But with the help of the Buddha,
the Kinsman of the Sun, so skilled in means,
I practiced rationally and extracted
attachment to continued existence from my mind.

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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