Thag 4.5 - Jambuka
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 4.5
The Book of the Fours
Chapter One
Jambuka
For fifty-five years
I wore dust and dirt.
Eating one meal a month,
I tore out my hair and beard.
I stood on one foot;
I shunned seats;
I ate dried-out dung;
I didn’t accept food set aside for me.
I did many deeds of this kind,
which lead to a bad destination.
Swept away by a great flood,
I went to the Buddha for refuge.
See the going for refuge!
Behold the clear rightness of the teaching!
I’ve attained the three knowledges
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.