Chapter One

Transmigrating, I went to hell,

and to the ghost realm time and again.

Many times I dwelt long

in the animal realm, so full of pain.

I was also reborn as a human,

and from time to time I went to heaven.

I’ve stayed in realms of form and formlessness,

among the neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, <j>and the non-percipient.

I know well these created states are insubstantial— ^[1]

conditioned, unstable, always in motion.

When I understood that this is created in myself,

mindful, I found peace.