Linked Discourses 2.11

1. With Anāthapiṇḍika

With Candimasa

At Sāvatthī.

Then, late at night, the glorious godling Candimasa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Like deer in a mosquito-free marsh,

they will reach a safe place

having entered the absorptions,

unified, alert, and mindful.”

“Like fish when the net is cut,

they will reach the far shore

having entered the absorptions,

diligent, with strife discarded.”