{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn10.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn10.8","id":"suttacentral_sn10.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn10.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Cool Grove. Now at that time the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika had arrived at R\u0101jagaha on some business. He heard a rumor that a Buddha had arisen in the world. Right away he wanted to go and see the Buddha, but he thought, \u201cIt\u2019s too late to go and see the Buddha today. I\u2019ll go and see him tomorrow.\u201d He went to bed thinking of the Buddha. During the night he got up three times thinking it was sunup. Then he approached the Sivaka Gate, and non-human beings opened it for him. But as he was leaving the city, light vanished and darkness appeared to him. He felt fear, terror, and goosebumps, and wanted to turn back. Then the invisible spirit Sivaka called out: \u201cA hundred elephants, a hundred horses, a hundred mule-drawn chariots, a hundred thousand maidens bedecked with jeweled earrings: these are not worth a sixteenth part of a single forward stride! Forward, householder! Forward, householder! Going forward is better for you, not turning back!\u201d Then darkness vanished and light appeared to An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika. His fear, terror, and goosebumps settled down. But for a second time, light vanished and darkness appeared to him. \u2026 For a second time the invisible spirit Sivaka called out \u2026 \u201c\u2026 Going forward is better for you, not turning back!\u201d Then darkness vanished and light appeared to An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika. His fear, terror, and goosebumps settled down. But for a third time, light vanished and darkness appeared to him. \u2026 For a third time the invisible spirit Sivaka called out \u2026 \u201c\u2026 Going forward is better for you, not turning back!\u201d Then darkness vanished and light appeared to An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika. His fear, terror, and goosebumps settled down. Then the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika went to the Cool Grove and approached the Buddha. Now at that time the Buddha had risen at the crack of dawn and was walking mindfully in the open. He saw An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika coming off in the distance. So he stepped down from the walking path, sat down on the seat spread out, and said to An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika, \u201cCome, Sudatta.\u201d Then An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika thought, \u201cThe Buddha calls me by name!\u201d Smiling and elated, he bowed with his head to the Buddha\u2019s feet and said to him, \u201cSir, I trust the Buddha slept well?\u201d \u201cA brahmin who is fully quenched always sleeps at ease. Sensual pleasures slip off them, they\u2019re cooled, free of attachments. Since they\u2019ve cut off all clinging, and removed the stress from the heart, the peaceful sleep at ease, having found peace of mind.\u201d","title":"With Sudatta","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":426}