Thag 6.9 PTS: Thag 423-428- Jenta, the Royal Chaplain's Son

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Thag 6.9 PTS: Thag 423-428- Jenta, the Royal Chaplain's Son
I was drunk with the intoxication of my birth, wealth, & sovereignty. Drunk with the intoxication of my body's build, coloring, & form, I wandered about, regarding no one as my equal or better, foolish, arrogant, haughty, my banner held high. I — disrespectful, arrogant, proud — bowed down to no one, not even mother, father, or those commonly held in respect.

<p style="text-align:center;">Then — seeing the ultimate leader, <p style="text-align:center;">supreme, foremost of charioteers, <p style="text-align:center;">like a blazing sun, <p style="text-align:center;">arrayed with a squadron of monks — <p style="text-align:center;">casting away pride & intoxication <p style="text-align:center;">through an awareness serene & clear, <p style="text-align:center;">I bowed down <p style="text-align:center;">my <p style="text-align:center;">head <p style="text-align:center;">to him, supreme <p style="text-align:center;">among all living beings.

<p style="text-align:center;">Haughtiness & contempt <p style="text-align:center;">have been abandoned <p style="text-align:center;">— rooted out — <p style="text-align:center;">the conceit "I am" is extracted, <p style="text-align:center;">all forms of pride, destroyed.