{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an9.11/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an9.11","id":"suttacentral_an9.11","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.11/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable S\u0101riputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, I have completed the rainy season residence at S\u0101vatth\u012b. I wish to leave to wander the countryside.\u201d \u201cPlease, S\u0101riputta, go at your convenience.\u201d Then S\u0101riputta rose from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. And then, not long after S\u0101riputta had left, a certain monk said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, Venerable S\u0101riputta attacked me and left without saying sorry.\u201d So the Buddha addressed one of the monks, \u201cPlease, monk, in my name tell S\u0101riputta that the Teacher summons him.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that monk replied. He went to S\u0101riputta and said to him, \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, the Teacher summons you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d S\u0101riputta replied. Now at that time the venerables Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na and \u0100nanda, taking a latchkey, went from dwelling to dwelling, saying: \u201cCome forth, venerables! Come forth, venerables! Now Venerable S\u0101riputta will roar his lion\u2019s roar in the presence of the Buddha!\u201d Then Venerable S\u0101riputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cS\u0101riputta, one of your spiritual companions has made this complaint: \u2018Venerable S\u0101riputta attacked me and left without saying sorry.\u2019\u201d \u201cSir, someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose they were to toss both clean and unclean things on the earth, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The earth isn\u2019t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, I live with a heart like the earth, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose they were to wash both clean and unclean things in water, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The water isn\u2019t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, I live with a heart like water, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose a fire were to burn both clean and unclean things, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The fire isn\u2019t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, I live with a heart like fire, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose the wind was to blow on both clean and unclean things, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The wind isn\u2019t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, I live with a heart like the wind, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose a rag was to wipe up both clean and unclean things, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The rag isn\u2019t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, I live with a heart like a rag, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose a boy or girl of a corpse-worker tribe, holding a pot and clad in rags, were to enter a town or village. They\u2019d enter with a humble mind. In the same way, I live with a heart like a boy or girl of a corpse-worker tribe, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose there was a bull with his horns cut, gentle, well tamed and well trained. He\u2019d wander from street to street and square to square without hurting anyone with his feet or horns. In the same way, I live with a heart like a bull with horns cut, abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose there was a woman or man who was young, youthful, and fond of adornments, and had bathed their head. If the carcass of a snake or a dog or a human were hung around their neck, they\u2019d be horrified, repelled, and disgusted. In the same way, I\u2019m horrified, repelled, and disgusted by this rotting body. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry. Suppose someone was to carry around a bowl of fat that was leaking and oozing from holes and cracks. In the same way, I carry around this body that\u2019s leaking and oozing from holes and cracks. Someone who had not established mindfulness of the body might well attack one of their spiritual companions and leave without saying sorry.\u201d Then that monk rose from his seat, placed his robe over one shoulder, bowed with his head to the Buddha\u2019s feet, and said, \u201cI made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me to speak ill of Venerable S\u0101riputta with an incorrect, hollow, false, untruthful claim. Please, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.\u201d \u201cIndeed, monk, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you to act in that way. But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it. For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future.\u201d Then the Buddha said to Venerable S\u0101riputta, \u201cS\u0101riputta, forgive that futile man before his head explodes into seven pieces right here.\u201d \u201cI will pardon that venerable if he asks me: \u2018May the venerable please pardon me too.\u2019\u201d","title":"S\u0101riputta\u2019s Lion\u2019s Roar","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1065}