The darkness-dispelling Buddha, the all-seeing, who thoroughly understands the world, has overcome all existences.

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The darkness-dispelling Buddha, the all-seeing, who thoroughly understands the world, has overcome all existences, is free from passion, has left behind all pain, is rightly called Buddha, he, O Brāhmaṇa, has come to me.

Source Sutta-Nipâta, Pârâyanavagga, §11 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Sutta-Nipâta, the disciple Piṅgiya describes to a brahmin the master he has met: the Buddha, the one who dispels darkness, understands the world and has left behind all suffering, and he marvels that he came to him. Today, think of a person who has brightened your life (a teacher, a friend, a parent) and speak of them with gratitude to someone, as Piṅgiya speaks of his master.

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