Therigatha2.2

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Adapted from Archaic Translation By Mrs. Rhys Davids 1909

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2.2 Jenti (or Jenta), Daughter of the Licchavis, Vesali

The story of her past and present is like that of Nanda the Fair; but it was at Vesali, in the princely family of the Licchavis, that she was reborn. There is this further difference: she attained Arahantship(enlightenment equal to Buddha) after hearing the Master(Buddha) preach the Dhamma, and it was when looking back at the change that had come over her that she, in joy, uttered these verses:

The Seven Factors of the awakened mind [1] Seven ways by which we may Nibbana win– All, all have I developed and made ripe, Even according to the Buddha's word. (21) For I in that have seen as with mine eyes The Great, the Bhagwa(Lord Buddha). [2] Last of all lives Is this that makes up Me. The round of births Is vanquished–Never shall I be reborn again! (22)

[1] The Bojjhangas or Sambojjhangas; lit., parts of Bodhi(awakening). They were mindfulness, research in the Dhamma, energy, joy, serenity, concentration, equanimity.

[2] 'Since the Bhagwa(Lord Buddha) is the very Body of the Dhamma(path of eternal truth), to discern the Ariyan Dhamma which is His is to see Him. The Buddhas and other Ariyans are said to be seen, not only by the sight of their visible shape, but also by insight into the Ariyan Dhamma, according as He said: "Verily, Vakkhali, he that sees the Dhamma(path of eternal truth), he sees me"'