{"collection":"Majjhima Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_mn145/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_mn145","id":"suttacentral_mn145","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/mn145/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. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Pu\u1e47\u1e47a came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cWell then, Pu\u1e47\u1e47a, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Pu\u1e47\u1e47a. The Buddha said this: \u201cPu\u1e47\u1e47a, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them, this gives rise to relishing. Relishing is the origin of suffering, I say. There are sounds known by the ear \u2026 smells known by the nose \u2026 tastes known by the tongue \u2026 touches known by the body \u2026 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them, this gives rise to relishing. Relishing is the origin of suffering, I say. There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, relishing ceases. When relishing ceases, suffering ceases, I say. There are sounds known by the ear \u2026 smells known by the nose \u2026 tastes known by the tongue \u2026 touches known by the body \u2026 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, relishing ceases. When relishing ceases, suffering ceases, I say. Pu\u1e47\u1e47a, now that I\u2019ve given you this brief advice, what country will you live in?\u201d \u201cSir, there\u2019s a country named Sun\u0101paranta. I shall live there.\u201d \u201cThe people of Sun\u0101paranta are wild and rough, Pu\u1e47\u1e47a. If they abuse and insult you, what will you think of them?\u201d \u201cIf they abuse and insult me, I will think: \u2018These people of Sun\u0101paranta are gracious, truly gracious, since they don\u2019t hit me with their fists.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cBut if they do hit you with their fists, what will you think of them then?\u201d \u201cIf they hit me with their fists, I\u2019ll think: \u2018These people of Sun\u0101paranta are gracious, truly gracious, since they don\u2019t throw stones at me.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cBut if they do throw stones at you, what will you think of them then?\u201d \u201cIf they throw stones at me, I\u2019ll think: \u2018These people of Sun\u0101paranta are gracious, truly gracious, since they don\u2019t beat me with a club.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cBut if they do beat you with a club, what will you think of them then?\u201d \u201cIf they beat me with a club, I\u2019ll think: \u2018These people of Sun\u0101paranta are gracious, truly gracious, since they don\u2019t stab me with a knife.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cBut if they do stab you with a knife, what will you think of them then?\u201d \u201cIf they stab me with a knife, I\u2019ll think: \u2018These people of Sun\u0101paranta are gracious, truly gracious, since they don\u2019t take my life with a sharp knife.\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cBut if they do take your life with a sharp knife, what will you think of them then?\u201d \u201cIf they take my life with a sharp knife, I\u2019ll think: \u2018There are disciples of the Buddha who looked for a suicide weapon because they were horrified, repelled, and disgusted with the body and with life. And I have found this without looking!\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Blessed One. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll think, Holy One.\u201d \u201cGood, good Pu\u1e47\u1e47a! Having such self-control and peacefulness, you will be quite capable of living in Sun\u0101paranta. Now, Pu\u1e47\u1e47a, go at your convenience.\u201d And then Pu\u1e47\u1e47a welcomed and agreed with the Buddha\u2019s words. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right. Then he set his lodgings in order and, taking his bowl and robe, set out for Sun\u0101paranta. Traveling stage by stage, he arrived at Sun\u0101paranta, and stayed there. Within that rainy season he confirmed around five hundred male and five hundred female lay followers. And within that same rainy season he realized the three knowledges. Some time later he became fully extinguished. Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, the gentleman named Pu\u1e47\u1e47a, who was advised in brief by the Buddha, has passed away. Where has he been reborn in his next life?\u201d \u201cMendicants, Pu\u1e47\u1e47a was astute. He practiced in line with the teaching, and did not trouble me about the teachings. Pu\u1e47\u1e47a has become fully quenched.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.","title":"Advice to Pu\u1e47\u1e47a","tradition":"Majjhima Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":847}