Thag 6.6 PTS: Thag 405-410- Sappadasa

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Thag 6.6 PTS: Thag 405-410- Sappadasa
Twenty five years since my going forth, and no peace of awareness — not a finger-snap's worth — attained. Having gained no oneness of mind, I was wracked with lust. Wailing, with my arms upheld, I ran amok from my dwelling — "Or... or shall I take the knife? What's the use of life to me? If I were to renounce the training, what sort of death would I have?"

So, taking a razor, I sat down on a bed. And there was the razor, placed ready to cut my own vein, <p style="text-align:center;">when apt attention arose in me, <p style="text-align:center;">the drawbacks appeared, <p style="text-align:center;">disenchantment stood <p style="text-align:center;">at an even keel:

<p style="text-align:center;">With that, my heart was released. <p style="text-align:center;">See the Dhamma's true rightness! <p style="text-align:center;">The three knowledges <p style="text-align:center;">have been attained; <p style="text-align:center;">the Awakened One's bidding, <p style="text-align:center;">done.