Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Linked Discourses (Saṁyutta)

SN 8.12

With Vaṅgīsa · Vaṅgīsasutta

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At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time Vaṅgīsa had recently attained perfection. While experiencing the bliss of freedom, on that occasion he recited these verses:

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso aciraarahattappatto hutvā vimuttisukhaṁ paṭisaṁvedī tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

“We used to wander, drunk on poetry, village to village, town to town. Then we saw the Buddha, and faith arose in us.

“Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe, Gāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ; Athaddasāma sambuddhaṁ, Saddhā no upapajjatha.

He taught me Dhamma: the aggregates, sense fields, and elements. When I heard his teaching I went forth to homelessness.

So me dhammamadesesi, khandhāyatanadhātuyo; Tassāhaṁ dhammaṁ sutvāna, pabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.

It was truly for the benefit of many that the sage achieved awakening— for the monks and for the nuns who see that they’ve reached certainty.

Bahunnaṁ vata atthāya, bodhiṁ ajjhagamā muni; Bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca, ye niyāmagataddasā.

It was so welcome for me to be in the presence of the Buddha. I’ve attained the three knowledges, and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

Svāgataṁ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike; Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.

I know my past lives, my clairvoyance is purified, I am master of three knowledges, attained in psychic power, expert in encompassing the minds of others.”

Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi, Dibbacakkhuṁ visodhitaṁ; Tevijjo iddhipattomhi, Cetopariyāyakovido”ti.

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Tassuddānaṁ

The Linked Discourses with Vaṅgīsa are complete.

Nikkhantaṁ arati ceva, pesalā atimaññanā; Ānandena subhāsitā, sāriputtapavāraṇā; Parosahassaṁ koṇḍañño, moggallānena gaggarā; Vaṅgīsena dvādasāti. Vaṅgīsasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.