Therīgāthā 19

Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.1

The Book of the Twos

Abhirūpanandā

1 Nandā, see this bag of bones as

diseased, filthy, and rotten.

With mind unified and serene,

meditate on the ugly aspects of the body.

2 Meditate on the signless,

give up the tendency to conceit;

and when you comprehend conceit,

you will live at peace.

3 That is how the Buddha regularly advised the trainee nun Nandā with these verses.