Theragāthā

Verses of the Senior Monks

Chapter of the Twos

2.26. Puṇṇamā­sa

I abandoned the five hindrances
So I could realise security from the yoke;
And I picked up the Dhamma as a mirror,
For knowing and seeing myself.

I checked over this body
All of it, inside and out.
Internally and externally,
My body looked vacant.