e Beggar ## Browse Suttas Go to Theragṅthṅ index Thag index ## Thig 5:12  Candṅ, the Beggar Before, I had fallen on evil times: no husband, no children, no relatives, friends, no way to obtain clothing & food. So, taking a staff & bowl in hand, begging for alms from house to house, feverish from the cold & heat, I wandered for seven full years. Then seeing a nun obtaining food & drink, I approached her & said: "Let me go forth into homelessness." She, Paṭṅcṅrṅ, from sympathy, let me go forth; then, exhorting me, urged me on to the highest goal. Hearing her words, I did her bidding. Her exhortation was not in vain. Endowed with the three knowledges, Iâm effluent-     free. - --> - - - -