[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Avadāna and jātaka literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana) › [Karmaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka) › [ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo) › [The Hundred Deeds](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000) › 34.5 # ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 34.5 The Hundred Deeds 34.5 - **Language:** English ### [34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34.5) have had so many doubts and qualms. Thus I ranged about so long, In search of the Tathāgata. “In blindness I have come to serve The perfect Buddha, and since I know not, I have to ask of all the rest The means by which to please him best— “With what practice, by what path? But no answer do they give at all. Blessed One,²¹⁰ you apprehend All my wishes, however small, “Whatever I think, all I assess, Whence the mind comes, and where it goes. All of us whose minds are known by yours, Each one of us, upon this day— “Blessed One, arhat, we request You make a statement, give some word. Buddha, awakened teacher, Victor, Māra’s tamer, skillful “Surgeon for latent afflictions, You who safely arrived, and yet returns To rescue all beings— In this world you are the Buddha, “And you alone are unsurpassed. Not in all the world nor even Among the gods have you any peer. Great hero, to you I bow. “Highest of persons, to you I bow. I bow to the one From the Clan of the Sun Who removes the thorn of existence.” “Kauśika,” the Blessed One asked him, “do you recall ever attaining such a truth, or attaining experiences of such happiness?” Śakra, King of the Gods, replied, “I recall attaining experiences of happiness. But I can’t recall an experience of attaining the truth. Lord, there was one time when the gods and demigods were waging war on one another, and the gods were victorious and the demigods defeated. Thereupon I thought, ‘Here I am now in the city of the gods. I will gather up all the pleasures of the gods and all the pleasures of the demigods and enjoy them for myself.’ That attainment of happiness came on the heels of war, on the heels of reproof, on the heels of conflict, on the heels of contention. But, Lord, - [Previous: 34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34.4) - [Next: 34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34.6) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34) ## Linked texts (1) - [ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo.34.5) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.34.5) · Pramāṇa