{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn11.18/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn11.18","id":"suttacentral_sn11.18","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.18/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, addressed his chariot handler M\u0101tali, \u2018My dear M\u0101tali, harness the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds. We will go to a park and see the scenery.\u2019 \u2018Yes, lord,\u2019 replied M\u0101tali. He harnessed the chariot and informed Sakka, \u2018Good fellow, the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds has been harnessed. Please go at your convenience.\u2019 Then Sakka descended from the Palace of Victory, raised his cupped palms, and revered the various quarters. So M\u0101tali the chariot handler addressed Sakka in verse: \u2018Those proficient in the three Vedas worship you, as do all the aristocrats on earth, the four great kings, and the glorious host of Thirty. So what\u2019s the name of the spirit that you worship, Sakka?\u2019 \u2018Those proficient in the three Vedas worship me, as do all the aristocrats on earth, the four great kings, and the glorious host of Thirty. But I revere those accomplished in ethics, who have long trained in immersion, who have rightly gone forth for the culmination of spiritual life. I also worship those householders, the ethical lay followers who make merit, M\u0101tali, providing for a partner in a principled manner.\u2019 \u2018Those who you worship seem to be the best in the world, Sakka. I too will worship those who you worship, Sakka.\u2019 After saying this, Maghav\u0101 the chief, king of gods, Suj\u0101\u2019s husband, having worshiped the various quarters climbed into his chariot.\u201d","title":"Homage of Householders","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":243}