Religion
Psalms of the Sisters XXV: Mittā
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1909) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists I: Psalms of the Sisters (1909)
On full-moon day and on the fifteenth day,
And eke the eighth of either half the month,
I kept the feast; I kept the precepts eight,
The extra fasts,
enamoured of the gods,
And fain to dwell in homes celestial.
To-day one meal, head shaved, a yellow robe–
Enough for me. I want no heaven of gods.
Heart's pain, heart's pining, have I trained away.
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Therigatha, The Sisters of the. “Psalms of the Sisters XXV: Mittā.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/therigatha-sisters/24/.
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Therigatha, The Sisters of the. “Psalms of the Sisters XXV: Mittā.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/therigatha-sisters/24/.
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