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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)

Thag, poem 170Aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja · Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājattheragāthā

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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)

Thag, poem 170

Aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja · Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājattheragāthā

EnglishEnglish
PāliPali
Seeking purity the wrong way, I served the sacred fire in a grove. Not knowing the path to purity, I practiced endless mortification.
“Ayoni suddhimanvesaṁ, aggiṁ paricariṁ vane; Suddhimaggaṁ ajānanto, akāsiṁ amaraṁ tapaṁ.
I’ve gained this happiness by means of happiness: behold the clear rightness of the teaching! I’ve attained the three knowledges and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.
Taṁ sukhena sukhaṁ laddhaṁ, passa dhammasudhammataṁ; Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.
I used to be brahmin only by kin, but now I really am a brahmin! I am master of the three knowledges, I’m a bathed initiate, I’m a scholar and a knowledge master.
Brahmabandhu pure āsiṁ, idāni khomhi brāhmaṇo; Tevijjo nhātako camhi, sottiyo camhi vedagū”ti. … Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājo thero ….
Thag, poem 169Thag, poem 171

English — SuttaCentral English (Bhikkhu Sujato; Vinaya: Bhikkhu Brahmali) (2018). CC0 (public domain dedication). Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato and Bhikkhu Brahmali, dedicated to the public domain (CC0), SuttaCentral. Source

Pāli — Tipiṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti edition) (Pāli canon; Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka edition). CC0 (public domain dedication). Pāli text (Mahāsaṅgīti edition) via SuttaCentral, CC0. Source

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