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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 12
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Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 8.12
1. With Vaṅgīsa
With Vaṅgīsa
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.
Then we saw the Buddha,
and faith arose in us.
He taught me Dhamma:
the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.
When I heard his teaching
I went forth to homelessness.
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.
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.
I know my past lives,
my clairvoyance is purified,
I am master of three knowledges, <j>attained in psychic power,
expert in encompassing the minds of others.”
The Linked Discourses with Vaṅgīsa are complete.
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.12
1. Vaṅgīsavagga
Vaṅgīsasutta
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;
Athaddasāma sambuddhaṁ,
Saddhā no upapajjatha.
So me dhammamadesesi,
khandhāyatanadhātuyo;
Tassāhaṁ dhammaṁ sutvāna,
pabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.
Bahunnaṁ vata atthāya,
bodhiṁ ajjhagamā muni;
Bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca,
ye niyāmagataddasā.
Svāgataṁ vata me āsi,
mama buddhassa santike;
Tisso vijjā anuppattā,
kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.
Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,
Dibbacakkhuṁ visodhitaṁ;
Tevijjo iddhipattomhi,
Cetopariyāyakovido”ti.
Tassuddānaṁ
Nikkhantaṁ arati ceva,
pesalā atimaññanā;
Ānandena subhāsitā,
sāriputtapavāraṇā;
Parosahassaṁ koṇḍañño,
moggallānena gaggarā;
Vaṅgīsena dvādasāti.
Vaṅgīsasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 8.12
1. Avec Vaṅgīsa
Avec Vaṅgīsa
Un jour, le vénérable Vaṅgīsa séjournait près de Sāvatthī, dans le bois de Jeta, au monastère d’Anāthapiṇḍika.
Or, à cette époque, Vaṅgīsa avait récemment atteint la perfection. Tandis qu’il éprouvait la félicité de la liberté, il récita à cette occasion ces vers :
« Nous errions autrefois, ivres de poésie,
de village en village, de ville en ville.
Puis nous avons vu le Bouddha,
et la foi s’est élevée en nous.
Il m’a enseigné le Dhamma :
les agrégats, les champs sensoriels et les éléments.
Lorsque j’ai entendu son enseignement,
j’ai quitté le foyer pour la vie sans foyer.
C’est véritablement pour le bien de beaucoup
que le sage atteignit l’éveil,
pour les moines et pour les nonnes
qui voient qu’ils ont atteint la certitude.
Ce fut pour moi un tel bonheur
de me trouver en présence du Bouddha.
J’ai atteint les trois connaissances
et accompli les instructions du Bouddha.
Je connais mes vies passées,
ma clairvoyance est purifiée,
je maîtrise les trois connaissances, <j>j’ai atteint le pouvoir psychique,
et je suis expert à embrasser l’esprit d’autrui. »
Les Discours reliés avec Vaṅgīsa sont terminés.
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