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# Thig 5:2 · Vimalā, the Former Courtesan
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thig-5-2/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:53:52.000Z
- Description: Therīgāthā · Thig 5:2. 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

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

and attain the state of no-thought.

All ties—human & divine—have been cut.

Having cast off all

effluents,

cooled am I. Unbound.

See also: [AN 7:48](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-7-48/); [Thag 6:9](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-6-9/)

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