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Vaṅgīsasutta

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: “We used to wander, drunk on poetry, village to village, town to town.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso aciraarahattappatto hutvā vimuttisukhaṁ paṭisaṁvedī tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi: “Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe, Gāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ;

Then we saw the Buddha, and faith arose in us. He taught me Dhamma: the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.

Athaddasāma sambuddhaṁ, Saddhā no upapajjatha. So me dhammamadesesi, khandhāyatanadhātuyo;

When I heard his teaching I went forth to homelessness. It was truly for the benefit of many that the sage achieved awakening—

Tassāhaṁ dhammaṁ sutvāna, pabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ. Bahunnaṁ vata atthāya, bodhiṁ ajjhagamā muni;

for the monks and for the nuns who see that they’ve reached certainty. It was so welcome for me to be in the presence of the Buddha.

Bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca, ye niyāmagataddasā. Svāgataṁ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike;

I’ve attained the three knowledges, and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions. I know my past lives, my clairvoyance is purified,

Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ. Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi, Dibbacakkhuṁ visodhitaṁ;

I am master of three knowledges, <j>attained in psychic power, expert in encompassing the minds of others.”

Tevijjo iddhipattomhi, Cetopariyāyakovido”ti. Tassuddānaṁ Nikkhantaṁ arati ceva,

pesalā atimaññanā; Ānandena subhāsitā, sāriputtapavāraṇā; Parosahassaṁ koṇḍañño,

The Linked Discourses with Vaṅgīsa are complete.

moggallānena gaggarā; Vaṅgīsena dvādasāti. Vaṅgīsasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.