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Revata the Doubter

Kaṅkhārevatattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.3Verses of the Senior Monks 1.3
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.4KaṅkhārevatattheragāthāRevata the Doubter

1.1“Paññaṁ imaṁ passa tathāgatānaṁ,See this wisdom of the Realized Ones!1.2Aggi yathā pajjalito nisīthe;Like a fire blazing in the night,1.3Ālokadā cakkhudadā bhavanti,giving light, giving vision,1.4Ye āgatānaṁ vinayanti kaṅkhan”ti.they dispel the doubt of those who’ve come.

1.5Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā kaṅkhārevato thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Revata the Doubter.