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Vaṅgīsasuttaṃ
220.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā vaṅgīso sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso aciraarahattappatto hutvā vimuttisukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedī tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imā gāthāyo abhāsi -
‘‘Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe, gāmā gāmaṃ purā puraṃ;
Athaddasāma sambuddhaṃ, saddhā no upapajjatha.
‘‘So me dhammamadesesi, khandhāyatanadhātuyo;
Tassāhaṃ dhammaṃ sutvāna, pabbajiṃ anagāriyaṃ.
‘‘Bahunnaṃ vata atthāya, bodhiṃ ajjhagamā muni;
Bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnañca, ye niyāmagataddasā.
‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike;
Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.
‘‘Pubbenivāsaṃ jānāmi, dibbacakkhuṃ visodhitaṃ;
Tevijjo iddhipattomhi, cetopariyāyakovido’’ti.