Theragāthā 145

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.25

The Book of the Twos

Chapter Three

Vītasoka

1 The barber approached

to shave my head.

I picked up a mirror

and examined my body.

2 My body appeared hollow;

I once was blind, but the darkness disappeared.

My fancy hairdo has been cut off:

now there’ll be no more future lives.