{"collection":"Majjhima Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_mn134/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_mn134","id":"suttacentral_mn134","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/mn134/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Majjhima Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Lomasaka\u1e45giya was staying in the Sakyan country at Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Candana, lighting up the entire Banyan Tree Monastery, went up to the Venerable Lomasaka\u1e45giya, and stood to one side. Standing to one side, he said to Lomasaka\u1e45giya: \u201cMendicant, do you remember the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night?\u201d \u201cNo, reverend, I do not. Do you?\u201d \u201cI also do not. But do you remember just the verses on the one who has one fine night?\u201d \u201cI do not. Do you?\u201d \u201cI do.\u201d \u201cHow do you remember the verses on the one who has one fine night?\u201d \u201cThis one time, the Buddha was staying among the gods of the thirty-three at the root of the Orchid Tree on the stone spread with a cream rug. There he taught the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night to the gods of the thirty-three: \u2018Don\u2019t run back to the past, don\u2019t anticipate the future. What\u2019s past is left behind, the future has not arrived; and any present phenomenon you clearly discern in every case. The unfaltering, the unshakable: having known that, foster it. Today\u2019s the day to keenly work\u2014 who knows, tomorrow may bring death! For there is no bargain to be struck with Death and his mighty horde. One who keenly meditates like this, tireless all night and day: that\u2019s who has one fine night\u2014 so declares the peaceful sage.\u2019 That\u2019s how I remember the verses of the one who has one fine night. Learn the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night, mendicant, memorize it, and remember it. It is beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life.\u201d That is what the godling Candana said before vanishing right there. Then Lomasaka\u1e45giya set his lodgings in order and, taking his bowl and robe, set out for S\u0101vatth\u012b. Eventually he came to S\u0101vatth\u012b and Jeta\u2019s Grove. He went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then he added: \u201cSir, please teach me the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night.\u201d \u201cBut mendicant, do you know that god?\u201d \u201cI do not, sir.\u201d \u201cThat godling was named Candana. Candana pays attention, applies the mind, concentrates wholeheartedly, and actively listens to the teaching. Well then, mendicant, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Lomasaka\u1e45giya replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cDon\u2019t run back to the past, don\u2019t anticipate the future. What\u2019s past is left behind, the future has not arrived; and any present phenomenon you clearly discern in every case. The unfaltering, the unshakable: having known that, foster it. Today\u2019s the day to keenly work\u2014 who knows, tomorrow may bring death! For there is no bargain to be struck with Death and his mighty horde. One who keenly meditates like this, tireless all night and day: that\u2019s who has one fine night\u2014 so declares the peaceful sage. And how do you run back to the past? \u2026\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, Venerable Lomasaka\u1e45giya approved what the Buddha said.","title":"Lomasaka\u1e45giya and One Fine Night","tradition":"Majjhima Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":557}