Adhimutta’s Confession

My teacher is the conqueror knowing all

And seeing all, the Master infinite

In pity, all the world’s physician, he.

And he it is by whom these truths are taught,

Norm to Nibbana leading unsurpassed.

Within his rule I’ve won this grieflessness.

* * * * * * *

Now when the robbers heard 

the well-spoke utterance of the sage,

They laid aside their knives, their arms, 

and some forsook that trade,

And some besought that they might leave 

the world for holy life …

- Buddhist Songs of the Wayfarers