← Sutta collectionTHAG4.6Verses of the Senior Monks 4.6SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Verses of the Senior Monks 4.6The Book of the FoursChapter OneSenakaIt was so welcome for meduring the Gayā spring festivalto see the Awakened Oneteaching the supreme Dhamma.He was glorious, the tutor of a community,a leader who had realized the highest.In all the world with its gods,he was the victor of unequaled vision.A great giant, a great hero,a great light free of defilement.With the utter ending of all defilements,the teacher fears nothing from any quarter.For a long time, sadly, I was corrupted,fettered by the bond of wrong view.That Blessed One, Senaka,released me from all ties.