Thig 5.11 PTS: Thig 117-121- Patacara's Thirty Students

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Thig 5.11 PTS: Thig 117-121- Patacara's Thirty Students
(Patacara taught:) "Taking the pestle, young men grind the corn. Supporting their wives & children, they gather up wealth. Do the Awakened One's bidding, which, having done, you'll have no regret. Intent on tranquillity of awareness, do the Awakened One's bidding. Quickly: Having washed your feet, go sit to one side."

Hearing these words, Patacara's bidding, they washed their feet <p style="text-align:center;">and retired to one side. <p style="text-align:center;">Intent on tranquillity of awareness, <p style="text-align:center;">they did the Awakened One's bidding. <p style="text-align:center;">In the first watch of the night, <p style="text-align:center;">they recollected their previous lives. <p style="text-align:center;">In the middle watch, <p style="text-align:center;">purified the divine eye. <p style="text-align:center;">In the last, <p style="text-align:center;">burst the mass of darkness. <p style="text-align:center;">Getting up, they bowed down to her feet.

<p style="text-align:center;">"We have done your bidding. <p style="text-align:center;">Like the thirty devas honoring Indra, <p style="text-align:center;">unvanquished in battle, <p style="text-align:center;">we — three-knowledge women, <p style="text-align:center;">fermentation-free — <p style="text-align:center;">will continue honoring you."