This chapter contains twelve poetic suttas, opening with the Uraga Sutta, which likens liberation to a snake shedding its skin. Key texts include the Mettā Sutta, teaching loving-kindness, and the Parābhava Sutta, listing causes of downfall. Drawn from varied sources, these poems offer practical lessons on ethics, mindfulness, and wisdom in diverse styles.
Uragavagga - The Serpent Chapter
Verses depicting the path to liberation through the central metaphor of a serpent shedding its skin. Each stanza illustrates how a bhikkhu abandons defilements like anger, passion, craving, and conceit, thereby casting off attachment to this world and the next.
Verses on the cultivation of boundless loving-kindness for all beings, without exception. One should develop a protective, selfless love like a mother for her child. Maintained constantly, this "divine abiding" purifies the mind of ill-will and, combined with wisdom, leads to ultimate liberation.