Thag 3.14 - Gotama (2nd)
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 3.14
The Book of the Threes
Chapter One
Gotama (2nd)
Transmigrating, I went to hell,
and to the ghost realm time and again.
Many times I dwelt long
in the animal realm, so full of pain.
I was also reborn as a human,
and from time to time I went to heaven.
I’ve stayed in realms of luminous form and formlessness,
among the neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, and the non-percipient.
I know well these created states are insubstantial—
conditioned, quivering, always in motion.
When I understood that this is created in myself,
mindful, I found peace.