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# Thig 3:2 · Uttamā
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thig-3-2/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:54:57.000Z
- Description: Therīgāthā · Thig 3:2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Nuns, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Therīgāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Four times, five, I ran amok from my dwelling,

having gained no peace of awareness,

my thoughts out of control.

So I went to a trustworthy nun.

She taught me the Dhamma:

aggregates, sense media, properties.[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig3%5F2.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

Hearing the Dhamma,

I did as she said.

For seven days I sat in one spot,

absorbed in rapture & bliss.

On the eighth, I stretched out my legs,

having burst the mass

of darkness.

Note

1\. On the aggregates (khandha), see [SN 22:59](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-22-59/) and [SN 22:79](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-22-79/); on the sense media (āyatana), [SN 35:28](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-28/); on the properties (dhātu), [MN 140](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-140/). On the relationships among these frameworks for analyzing experience, see [MN 28](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-28/).

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