{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn8.12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn8.12","id":"suttacentral_sn8.12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.12/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time Va\u1e45g\u012bsa had recently attained perfection. While experiencing the bliss of freedom, on that occasion he recited these verses: \u201cWe used to wander, drunk on poetry, village to village, town to town. Then we saw the Buddha, and faith arose in us. He taught me Dhamma: the aggregates, sense fields, and elements. When I heard his teaching I went forth to homelessness. It was truly for the benefit of many that the sage achieved awakening\u2014 for the monks and for the nuns who see that they\u2019ve reached certainty. It was so welcome for me to be in the presence of the Buddha. I\u2019ve attained the three knowledges, and fulfilled the Buddha\u2019s instructions. I know my past lives, my clairvoyance is purified, I am master of three knowledges, <j>attained in psychic power, expert in encompassing the minds of others.\u201d The Linked Discourses with Va\u1e45g\u012bsa are complete.","title":"With Va\u1e45g\u012bsa","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":162}