{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.44/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.44","id":"suttacentral_an5.44","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.44/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Ves\u0101l\u012b, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the householder Ugga of Ves\u0101l\u012b, where he sat down on the seat spread out. Then Ugga went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, I have heard and learned this in the presence of the Buddha: \u2018The giver of the agreeable gets the agreeable.\u2019 My sal flower porridge is agreeable: may the Buddha please accept it from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted it out of sympathy. \u201cSir, I have heard and learned this in the presence of the Buddha: \u2018The giver of the agreeable gets the agreeable.\u2019 My pork with jujube is agreeable: may the Buddha please accept it from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted it out of sympathy. \u201c\u2026 My fried vegetable stalks are agreeable: may the Buddha please accept them from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted them out of sympathy. \u201c\u2026 My boiled fine rice with the dark grains picked out, served with many soups and sauces is agreeable: may the Buddha please accept it from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted it out of sympathy. \u201c\u2026 My cloths imported from K\u0101si are agreeable: may the Buddha please accept them from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted them out of sympathy. \u201c\u2026 My couch spread with woolen covers\u2014shag-piled or embroidered with flowers\u2014and spread with a fine deer hide, with a canopy above and red pillows at both ends is agreeable. But, sir, I know that this is not proper for the Buddha. However, this plank of sandalwood is worth over a thousand dollars. May the Buddha please accept it from me out of sympathy.\u201d So the Buddha accepted it out of sympathy. And then the Buddha rejoiced with Ugga with these verses of appreciation: \u201cThe giver of the agreeable gets the agreeable, enthusiastically giving clothing, bedding, food and drink, and various requisites to those of sincere conduct. Knowing the perfected ones to be like a field for what\u2019s given, offered and not held back, a true person gives what\u2019s hard to give: the giver of the agreeable gets the agreeable.\u201d And then the Buddha, having rejoiced with Ugga with these verses of appreciation, rose from his seat and left. Then after some time Ugga passed away, and was reborn in a host of mind-made gods. At that time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Ugga, lighting up the entire Jeta\u2019s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to him, \u201cUgga, I trust it is all you wished?\u201d \u201cSir, it is indeed just as I wished.\u201d Then the Buddha addressed Ugga in verse: \u201cThe giver of the agreeable gets the agreeable, the giver of the foremost gets the foremost, the giver of the excellent gets the excellent, the giver of the best gets the best. A person who gives the foremost, the excellent, the best: they\u2019re long-lived and famous wherever they\u2019re reborn.\u201d","title":"Agreeable","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":543}