With knowledge he cracked open the shell of that egg, the mundane world: he realized the Three Knowledges, the Six Superknowledges, and the Four Analytical Knowledges. From conditioned existence, with its gain and greed, fame and honor, he had turned away.
“The Story of Shrona Koti-Karna,” The Heavenly Exploits: Buddhist Biographies from the Divyavadana (Clay Sanskrit Library)
