By the way Mettikā doesn't mean a little bit of metta (love), as it might sound to us Brazilians 😅 but the name of a courageous bhikkhunī from the Therīgāthā the Verses of Senior Nuns 🥰🙏 Check them out on@ReadingFaithfully_org@mastodon.social
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I can't recommend highly enough the entire set of verses from #Arahant Sumedhā. It's the longest set in the #Therigatha recounting her attempt to get her parents to allow her to ordain. In the process she does an amazing critique of lay life specifically and #samsara generally.

Today's reading is just three verses where she explains the cause of her connection to the Buddha's teachings in this life.

This page will give you links to three different translations:
https://sutta.readingfaithfully.org/?q=thig16.1

Today’s #DailySutta:

Thig 16.1 From… Sumedhātherīgāthā: Sumedhā

“We three friends gave the gift of a newly-built dwelling…”

Read the sutta: https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/thig-16-1-from-sumedhatherigatha-sumedha/

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Night, with its garland of stars,
Is not just for sleeping.
Those who are conscious will know
That night is also for waking.

Arahant Sonapotiriya, Thag 193
https://suttacentral.net/thag2.37/en/sujato
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