Thig 5.2 PTS: Thig 72-76- Vimala: The Former Courtesan

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Thig 5.2 PTS: Thig 72-76- Vimala: The Former Courtesan
Intoxicated with my complexion figure, beauty, & fame; haughty with youth, I despised other women. Adorning this body embellished to delude foolish men, I stood at the door to the brothel: a hunter with snare laid out. I showed off my ornaments, and revealed many a private part. I worked my manifold magic, laughing out loud at the crowd.

Today, wrapped in a double cloak, my head shaven, having wandered for alms, I sit at the foot of a tree <p style="text-align:center;">and attain the state of no-thought. <p style="text-align:center;">All ties — human & divine — have been cut. <p style="text-align:center;">Having cast off all effluents, <p style="text-align:center;">cooled am I,unbound.