So It Was Said 59

The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Satan’s Dominion

iti59:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti59:2 “Mendicants, a mendicant with three qualities has slipped free of Satan’s dominion and dazzles like the sun. What three? It’s when they have the entire spectrum of the adept’s ethics, immersion, and wisdom. A mendicant with these three qualities has slipped free of Satan’s dominion and dazzles like the sun.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti59:3 “Whoever has well developed ethics, immersion, and wisdom has slipped free of Satan’s dominion and dazzles like the sun.”

iti59:4 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.