The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fourth Chapter for Recitation
3) Because of a lack of understanding and a lack of penetration of
Noble Wisdom both you and I have been wandering and running
along (in Saṁsāra) for a long time.
4) Because of a lack of understanding and a lack of penetration of
Noble Freedom both you and I have been wandering and running
along (in Saṁsāra) for a long time.
(But now) this Noble Virtue has been understood and penetrated, this
Noble Concentrated (Development) has been understood and
penetrated, this Noble Wisdom has been understood and penetrated,
this Noble Freedom has been understood and penetrated. Craving for
continued existence has been cut off, what leads to rebirth has been
exhausted, there is no continuation in existence.”
The Gracious One said this, and after saying this, the Fortunate One,
the Teacher, said something more:
“Virtue, Concentrated (Development), Wisdom, and unsurpassed
Freedom,
These things have been understood by the Famous Gotama, 121
Thus after knowing it deeply the Buddha declared the Teaching to
the monks,
121 This verse seems to have been spoken about the Buddha, not by him (it also
occurs, however, with the same ascription, at AN Bks. 4.1 and 7.66).
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