{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn2.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn2.24","id":"suttacentral_sn2.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Standing to one side, the godling Gha\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101ra spoke this verse in the Buddha\u2019s presence: \u201cSeven mendicants reborn in Aviha have been freed. With the complete ending of greed and hate, they\u2019ve crossed over clinging to the world.\u201d \u201cWho are those who\u2019ve crossed the bog, Death\u2019s dominion so hard to pass? Who, after leaving behind the human body, have risen above celestial yokes?\u201d \u201cUpaka and Palaga\u1e47\u1e0da, and Pukkus\u0101ti, these three; Bhaddiya and Bhaddadeva, and B\u0101hudant\u012b and Pi\u1e45giya. They, after leaving behind the human body, have risen above celestial yokes.\u201d \u201cYou speak well of them, who have let go the snares of M\u0101ra. Whose teaching did they understand to cut the bonds of rebirth?\u201d \u201cNone other than the Blessed One! None other than your instruction! It was your teaching that they understood to cut the bonds of rebirth. Where name and form cease with no residue left behind; understanding this teaching, they cut the bonds of rebirth.\u201d \u201cThe words you say are deep, hard to understand, so very hard to wake up to. Whose teaching did you understand to be able to say such things?\u201d \u201cIn the past I was a potter in Vebhali\u1e45ga named Gha\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101ra. I took care of my parents as a lay follower of Buddha Kassapa. I refrained from sexual intercourse, I was chaste, spiritual. We lived in the same village; in the past I was your comrade. I am the one who understands that these seven mendicants have been freed. With the complete ending of greed and hate, they\u2019ve crossed over clinging to the world.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s exactly how it was, just as you say, Bhaggava. In the past you were a potter in Vebhali\u1e45ga named Gha\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101ra. You took care of your parents as a lay follower of Buddha Kassapa. You refrained from sexual intercourse, you were chaste, spiritual. We lived in the same village; in the past you were my comrade.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s how it was when those friends of old met again. Both of them are evolved, and bear their final body.\u201d","title":"With Gha\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101ra","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":334}