Thig 6:4 Sujṅtṅ

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - KN - Thig - Thig 6:4 Sujṅtṅ ## Browse Suttas Go to Theragṅthṅ index Thag index ## Thig 6:4  Sujṅtṅ Ornamented, well-dressed, garlanded, sprinkled with sandalwood, covered all over with jewelry, surrounded by a group of slave-women, taking food & drink, and not a little staple & non-staple food, leaving the house, I fetched myself to the pleasure garden. Having enjoyed ourselves & played there, we headed back to our home. I saw in Sṅketa a hall at the Aā±jana wood. I entered. Seeing the light of the world, I, paying homage, sat nearby. He, the One with Eyes,1 from sympathy, taught me the Dhamma. Hearing the Great Seer, I fully penetrated the truth. Right there I touched the Dhamma, dustless, the deathless state. Then, knowing the True Dhamma, I went forth into homelessness. The three knowledges are attained. The Buddhaâs bidding is not in vain. Note 1. Since Vedic times, there has been a belief in India that the eyes of holy individuals where particularly powerful because they could see so deeply into reality. From this belief grew a further belief: that the eyes of such individuals were so powerful that their eyes could transmit some of that power to others. Thus, to be gazed on by such an individual, or to gaze into that individualâs eyes, was considered to be very auspicious. Sujṅtṅâs reference to the Buddha as "the One with Eyes" carries all of these connotations. For more on this topic, see Sn 5:5 and DN 16, note 44. - --> - - - -