Sīhā
PersonMột tỳ khưu ni ở Vesālī, cháu gái của tướng quân Sīha, sau bảy năm tu tập vô ích đã đạt tuệ giác nhờ quyết tâm tuyệt vọng thắt dây thừng quanh cổ, nhờ đó chứng quả A-la-hán.
She was the niece of Sīha senāpati and was born in Vesāli.
She heard, one day, the Buddha teach Sāriputta, and entered the Order with her parents’ consent.
For seven years she tried, without success, to concentrate her mind. Then she tied a noose round her neck and fastened the end to a tree, and in this position she compelled her mind to gain insight. Then she loosened the noose. Thig.vss.77-81; ThigA.79.
Thig 5.3
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