iti.61 Itivuttaka

Eyes

This was said by the Lord …

“Bhikkhus, there are these three eyes. What three? The fleshly eye, the divine eye, and the wisdom eye. These, bhikkhus, are the three eyes.”

The fleshly eye, the divine eye,
And the unsurpassed wisdom eye—
These three eyes were described
By the Buddha, supreme among men.

The arising of the fleshly eye
Is the path to the divine eye,
But the unsurpassed wisdom eye
Is that from which knowledge arises.
By obtaining such an eye
One is released from all suffering.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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The Eye

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three eyes.
What three?
the eye of the flesh, the eye of clairvoyance, and the eye of wisdom.
These are the three eyes.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“The eye of flesh, the clairvoyant eye,
the supreme eye of wisdom:
these three eyes
were taught by the supreme person.
The arising of the eye of flesh
is the path to the clairvoyant eye.
When knowledge arises—
the supreme eye of wisdom—
one who gains that eye
is released from all suffering.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.