So It Was Said 24

The Book of the Ones

Chapter Three

A Heap of Bones

iti24:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti24:2 The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti24:3 so said the great seer.

iti24:4 And this is declared to be as big as Mount Vepulla, higher than the Vulture’s Peak in the Mountainfold of the Magadhans.

iti24:5 But then, with right understanding, one sees the noble truths— suffering, suffering’s origin, suffering’s transcendence, and the noble eightfold path that leads to the stilling of suffering.

iti24:6 After roaming on seven times at most, that individual makes an end of suffering, with the ending of all fetters.”

iti24:7 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.