Sumangala's Mother Sumaṅgalamātā
Buddhist nun · ancient India · c. 5th century BC
A nun of early Buddhism. Her own name is lost; she is called only the mother of Sumangala. She is said to have lived in a poor house with a man who wove sunshades before she joined the order.
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c. 5th century BC · The end of a song about being freed from the pestle and the cooking pot
I come to the foot of a tree and think, "Oh, the happiness!" and meditate in happiness.
Sā rukkhamūlamupagamma, Aho sukhanti sukhato jhāyāmī
Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) 2.3
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