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Essays in Zen Buddhism, First series

Note f53 — ENLIGHTENMENT AND IGNORANCE

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We have, besides this, another verse supposed to have been uttered by the Buddha at the moment of Supreme Enlightenment; it is known as the Hymn of Victory. It was quoted in my previous Essay on Zen Buddhism and the Doctrine of Enlightenment. The Hymn is unknown in the Mahayana literature. The Lalita-vistara has only this:

“Chinna vartmopasanta rajāḥ sushkā āsravā na punaḥ sravānti; Chinne vartmani vartata duḥkhasyaisho ’nta ucyate.”[3.1]

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