Sakulā

While staying at home
I heard the teaching from a mendicant.
I saw the stainless Dhamma,
extinguishment, the imperishable state.

Leaving behind my son and my daughter,
my riches and my grain,
I had my hair cut off,
and went forth to homelessness.

As a trainee nun,
I developed the direct path.
I gave up greed and hate,
along with associated defilements.

When I was fully ordained as a nun,
I recollected my past lives,
and purified my clairvoyance,
immaculate and fully developed.

Conditions are born of causes, crumbling;
having seen them as other,
I gave up all defilements,
I’m cooled and quenched.