{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn2.18/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn2.18","id":"suttacentral_sn2.18","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.18/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101keta in the deer park at the A\u00f1jana Wood. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire A\u00f1jana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, \u201cDo you delight, ascetic?\u201d \u201cWhat have I gained, sir?\u201d \u201cWell then, ascetic, do you sorrow?\u201d \u201cWhat have I lost, sir?\u201d \u201cWell then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cI hope you\u2019re not gloomy, mendicant, I hope that delight isn\u2019t found in you. I hope that discontent doesn\u2019t overwhelm you as you sit alone.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m genuinely not gloomy, spirit, and no delight is found in me. And also discontent doesn\u2019t overwhelm me as I sit alone.\u201d \u201cHow are you not gloomy, mendicant? How is delight not found in you? How does discontent not overwhelm you as you sit alone?\u201d \u201cDelight is born from gloom, gloom is born from delight; sir, you should know me as a mendicant free of delight and gloom.\u201d \u201cAfter a long time I see a brahmin fully quenched. A mendicant free of delight and gloom, he has crossed over clinging to the world.\u201d","title":"With Kakudha","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":198}