{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an6.16/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an6.16","id":"suttacentral_an6.16","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.16/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile\u2019s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesaka\u1e37\u0101\u2019s Wood. Now at that time the householder Nakula\u2019s father was sick, suffering, gravely ill. Then the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother said to him: \u201cHouseholder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns. Such concern is suffering, and it\u2019s criticized by the Buddha. Householder, you might think: \u2018When I\u2019ve gone, the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother won\u2019t be able to provide for the children and keep up the household carpets.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. I\u2019m skilled at spinning cotton and carding wool. I\u2019m able to provide for the children and keep up the household carpets. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns \u2026 Householder, you might think: \u2018When I\u2019ve gone, the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother will take another husband.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. Both you and I know that we have remained chaste while at home for the past sixteen years. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns \u2026 Householder, you might think: \u2018When I\u2019ve gone, the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother won\u2019t want to see the Buddha and his Sa\u1e45gha of mendicants.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. When you\u2019ve gone, I\u2019ll want to see the Buddha and his mendicant Sa\u1e45gha even more. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns \u2026 Householder, you might think: \u2018The housewife Nakula\u2019s mother won\u2019t fulfill ethics.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. I am one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who fulfills their ethics. For whoever doubts this, that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha is staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile\u2019s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesaka\u1e37\u0101\u2019s Wood. Let them approach him and ask. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns \u2026 Householder, you might think: \u2018The housewife Nakula\u2019s mother doesn\u2019t have internal serenity of heart.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. I am one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who has internal serenity of heart. For whoever doubts this, that Blessed One is staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile\u2019s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesaka\u1e37\u0101\u2019s Wood. Let them approach him and ask. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns \u2026 Householder, you might think: \u2018The housewife Nakula\u2019s mother has not found a footing, a firm footing, and solace in this teaching and training. She has not gone beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and gained assurance. And she\u2019s not independent of others in the Teacher\u2019s instructions.\u2019 But you should not see it like this. I am one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who has found a footing, a firm footing, and solace in this teaching and training. I have gone beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and gained assurance. And I am independent of others in the Teacher\u2019s instructions. For whoever doubts this, that Blessed One is staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile\u2019s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesaka\u1e37\u0101\u2019s Wood. Let them approach him and ask. So householder, don\u2019t pass away with concerns. Such concern is suffering, and it\u2019s criticized by the Buddha.\u201d And then, as Nakula\u2019s mother was giving this advice to Nakula\u2019s father, his illness died down on the spot. And that\u2019s how Nakula\u2019s father recovered from that illness. Soon after recovering, leaning on a staff he went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cYou\u2019re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate, to have the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother advise and instruct you out of kindness and sympathy. She is one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who fulfills their ethics. She is one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who has internal serenity of heart. She is one of those white-robed disciples of the Buddha who has found a footing, a firm footing, and solace in this teaching and training. She has gone beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and gained assurance. And she is independent of others in the Teacher\u2019s instructions. You\u2019re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate, to have the housewife Nakula\u2019s mother advise and instruct you out of kindness and sympathy.\u201d","title":"Nakula\u2019s Father","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":700}