• Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.8 Therīgāthā 2.8
  • The Book of the Twos Dukanipāta

To Abhayā’s Mother From Her Daughter Abhayamātutherīgāthā

My dear mother, examine this body, “Uddhaṁ pādatalā amma, up from the soles of the feet, adho ve kesamatthakā; and down from the tips of the hairs, Paccavekkhassumaṁ kāyaṁ, so impure and foul-smelling. asuciṁ pūtigandhikaṁ.

Meditating like this, Evaṁ viharamānāya, all my lust is eradicated. sabbo rāgo samūhato; The fever of passion is cut off, Pariḷāho samucchinno, I’m cooled and quenched. sītibhūtāmhi nibbutā”ti.

… Abhayamātā therī ….