{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn11.22/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn11.22","id":"suttacentral_sn11.22","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.22/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove. \u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, there was a native spirit who was ugly and deformed. He sat on the throne of Sakka, lord of gods. But the gods of the thirty-three complained, grumbled, and objected, \u2018Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! This ugly and deformed spirit is sitting on the throne of Sakka, the lord of gods.\u2019 But the more the gods complained, the more attractive, good-looking, and lovely that spirit became. So the gods went up to Sakka and told him what had happened. He replied, \u2018Surely, good fellow, that must be the anger-eating spirit!\u2019 Then Sakka went up to that spirit, arranged his robe over one shoulder, knelt on his right knee, raised his joined palms toward the anger-eating spirit, and pronounced his name three times: \u2018Good fellow, I am Sakka, lord of gods! Good fellow, I am Sakka, the lord of gods!\u2019 But the more Sakka pronounced his name, the uglier and more deformed the spirit became, until eventually it vanished right there. Then Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse: \u2018My mind isn\u2019t easily upset; I\u2019m not easily drawn into the maelstrom. I don\u2019t get angry for long, anger doesn\u2019t last in me. When I do get angry I don\u2019t speak harshly, nor do I advertise my own virtues. I carefully restrain myself out of regard for my own welfare.\u2019\u201d","title":"Ugly","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":235}