{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/thag/thag7.htm","path":"bud/thag/thag7.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/thag/thag7.htm","text":"Note: Unless otherwise indicated, these suttas were translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.\nOrnamented, finely clothed\ngarlanded, adorned,\nher feet stained red with lac,\nshe wore slippers:\na courtesan.\nStepping out of her slippers -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 her hands raised before me,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 palm-to-palm over her heart -- \nshe softly, tenderly,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in measured words\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 spoke to me first:\n\"You are young, recluse.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heed my message:\nPartake of human sensuality.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will give you luxury.\nTruly I vow to you,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will tend to you as to a fire.\nWhen we are old,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 both leaning on canes,\nthen we will both become recluses,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 winning the benefits of both worlds.\"\nAnd seeing her before me -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a courtesan, ornamented, finely clothed,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hands palm-to-palm over her heart -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like a snare of death laid out,\napt attention arose in me,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the drawbacks appeared,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disenchantment stood\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at an even keel:\nWith that, my heart was released.\nSee the Dhamma's true rightness!\nThe three knowledges\nhave been attained;\nthe Buddha's bidding,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 done.","title":"Theragatha VII","type":"page"}