Theragṅthṅ index Thag index ## Thig 5:2  Vimalṅ, the Former Courtesan 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; Thag 6:9 - --> - - - -