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- Udana VI.3
- Ahu Sutta
- It Was
- For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi,
in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time the Blessed
One sat reflecting on the various evil, unskillful qualities that had been abandoned [in
him] and on the various skillful qualities that had gone to the culmination of their
development. Then as he realized the various evil, unskillful qualities that had been
abandoned [in him] and the various skillful qualities that had gone to the culmination of
their development, he on that occasion exclaimed:
Before, it was, then it wasn't.
Before, it wasn't, then it was.
It wasn't, it won't be,
and now isn't to be found.