Chapter One

Covered over with gold,

surrounded by all her maids,

with my son upon her hip,

my wife came to me.

I saw her coming,

the mother of my son,

adorned with jewelry and all dressed up,

set up like a snare of death.

Then the realization

came upon me—

the danger became clear,

and I was firmly disillusioned.

Then my mind was freed—

behold the clear rightness of the teaching!

I’ve attained the three knowledges

and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.