Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)
Thag, poem 183
Gotama (2nd) · Gotamattheragāthā
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Transmigrating, I went to hell, and to the ghost realm time and again. Many times I dwelt long in the animal realm, so full of pain.
“Saṁsaraṁ hi nirayaṁ agacchissaṁ, Petalokamagamaṁ punappunaṁ; Dukkhamamhipi tiracchānayoniyaṁ, Nekadhā hi vusitaṁ ciraṁ mayā.
I was also reborn as a human, and from time to time I went to heaven. I’ve stayed in realms of luminous form and formlessness, among the neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, and the non-percipient.
Mānusopi ca bhavobhirādhito, Saggakāyamagamaṁ sakiṁ sakiṁ; Rūpadhātusu arūpadhātusu, Nevasaññisu asaññisuṭṭhitaṁ.
I know well these created states are insubstantial— conditioned, quivering, always in motion. When I understood that this is created in myself, mindful, I found peace.
