Buddhism

Thag 2:19 · Nanda

From inappropriate attention
I was devoted to ornament,
	restless & vain,
driven by sensual passion.

With the help of the Buddha,
the Kinsman of the Sun,
skilled in strategies,
I, practicing appropriately,
	plucked my mind
out of becoming.

Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).

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