Tevijjasutta 1.42.4

1.42.4

‘Most excellent, Lord, are the words of thy mouth, Most excellent! Just as if a man were to set up that which is thrown down, or were to reveal that which is hidden away, or were to point out the right road to him who has gone astray, or were to bring a lamp into the darkness, so that those who have eyes can see external forms;—just even so, Lord, has the truth been made known to us, in many a figure, by the Exalted One. And we, even we, betake ourselves, Lord, to the Blessed One as our guide, to the Truth, and to the Brotherhood. May the Blessed One accept us as disciples, as true believers, from this day forth, as long as life endures!’
Here ends the Tevijja Suttanta.
Notes
1. Phaedo 69. The full context is given in my ’Hibbert Lectures,’ Appendix viii. [Go Back]
2. In the well-known story of the Bodhisattva giving his body to feed a tigress (No. I, verse 12). [Go Back]
3. See the remarks above on p. 206. [Go Back]
4. This Suttanta was translated from the MSS. in my ’Buddhist Suttas ’ (S. B. E., 1881). Since then the text has been published by the Pāli Text Society; and alterations and amendments in a number of details have been rendered necessary. [Go Back]
5. Buddhaghosa says that Kaṅkī lived at Opasāda, Tārukkha lived at Icchagala (so MSS., perhaps for Icchānangala), Pokkharasādi (sic MS.)lived at Ukkaṭṭha, Jāṇussoṇi lived at Sāvatthi, and Todeyya lived at Tudigama. [Go Back]