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from its nature that this is the cause of sorrow. I knew from 

 its nature that this is the extinction of sorrow. I knew from 

 its nature that this is the means for the extinction of sorrow. 

 I knew from their nature these are sensual desires. I knew 

 from its nature this is the cause of sensual desire. I knew 

 from its nature this is the extinction of sensual desire. I knew 

 from its nature that this is the means of the extinction of sen- 

 sual desire. To that person, me, who thus knew and saw, hap- 

 pened the deliverance of the heart from sensual desires, from 

 the desire of existence, from the desire of external objects, 

 from cleaving to ignorance, and as regards emancipation came 

 wisdom ; and I knew the Brahmachariya which is called the 

 wasted state, how it is effected, and that afterwards it will not 

 be so and so. O Brahman, to me, in the last watch of the night 

 came the Third Wijja ; ignorance departed, and knowledge 

 was produced, darkness fled, and light came. To me, Brah- 

 man, in this manner, who was industrious, active, and dwelling 

 in seclusion, happened the Third Exodus, as the chick bursts 

 forth from its shell. 



When he had thus spoken, Weranja Brahman said this to 

 Bhagawa : — The illustrious Gotamo is excellent ; the illus- 

 trious Gotamo is supreme. It is refulgent, O Gotamo ; it is 

 refulgent, O Gotamo ! As by any means an inverted thing 

 may be set upright, or a secret revealed, or to one who has 

 erred the path be shewn, or in darkness a lamp may be lit and 

 carried, or a figure shewn to the eye of him who sees ; just so, 

 in various ways, the Dhamma is proclaimed by the illustrious 

 Gotamo. I goto the Refuge (1) of that illustrious Gotamo, and 

 to the Dhamma and company of Bhikkhus. May the illustrious 



(1.) Refuge. — Sarana, from sara ' k to go." This form is used 

 by all Buddhists, similarly to prayer by Christians. 



