Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes

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Theragāthā 3.1

Verses of the Senior Monks 3.1

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Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājattheragāthā

Aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja

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“Ayoni suddhimanvesaṁ,

Seeking purity the wrong way,

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aggiṁ paricariṁ vane;

I served the sacred fire in a grove.

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Suddhimaggaṁ ajānanto,

Not knowing the path to purity,

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akāsiṁ amaraṁ tapaṁ.

I practiced endless mortification.

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Taṁ sukhena sukhaṁ laddhaṁ,

I’ve gained this happiness by means of happiness:

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passa dhammasudhammataṁ;

behold the clear rightness of the teaching!

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Tisso vijjā anuppattā,

I’ve attained the three knowledges

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kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.

and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

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Brahmabandhu pure āsiṁ,

I used to be brahmin only by kin,

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idāni khomhi brāhmaṇo;

but now I really am a brahmin!

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Tevijjo nhātako camhi,

I am master of the three knowledges, <j>I’m a bathed initiate,

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sottiyo camhi vedagū”ti.

I’m a scholar and a knowledge master.

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… Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājo thero ….