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 way of practice to peace through the cultivation of loving-kindness for all beings without an exception and at all times whether one is standing, walking, sitting, or lying down.