{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.103/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.103","id":"suttacentral_sn35.103","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.103/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, Uddaka son of R\u0101ma used to say: \u2018Hereupon, ever the knowledge master! Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all! Hereupon, ever the undug boil\u2019s root was dug out by me!\u2019 Even though Uddaka son of R\u0101ma was no knowledge master, he said \u2018I\u2019m a knowledge master.\u2019 Though he was no conqueror of all, he said \u2018I\u2019m conqueror of all.\u2019 And though the boil\u2019s root was not dug out, he said \u2018I\u2019ve dug out the boil\u2019s root.\u2019 A mendicant might rightly say here: \u2018Hereupon, ever the knowledge master! Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all! Hereupon, ever the undug boil\u2019s root is dug out!\u2019 And how is someone a knowledge master? It\u2019s when a mendicant truly understands the six fields of contact\u2019s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape. That\u2019s how a mendicant is a knowledge master. And how is a mendicant a conqueror of all? It\u2019s when a mendicant comes to be freed by not grasping after truly understanding the six fields of contact\u2019s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape. That\u2019s how a mendicant is a conqueror of all. And how has a mendicant dug out the undug boil\u2019s root? \u2018Boil\u2019 is a term for this body made up of the four principal states, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction. \u2018Boil\u2019s root\u2019 is a term for craving. It\u2019s when a mendicant has given up craving, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s how a mendicant has dug out the undug boil\u2019s root. Uddaka son of R\u0101ma used to say: \u2018Hereupon, ever the knowledge master! Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all! Hereupon, ever the undug boil\u2019s root is dug out!\u2019 Even though Uddaka son of R\u0101ma was no knowledge master, he said \u2018I\u2019m a knowledge master.\u2019 Though he was no conqueror of all, he said \u2018I\u2019m conqueror of all.\u2019 And though the boil\u2019s root was not dug out, he said \u2018I\u2019ve dug out the boil\u2019s root.\u2019 A mendicant might rightly say here: \u2018Hereupon, ever the knowledge master! Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all! Hereupon, ever the undug boil\u2019s root is dug out!\u2019\u201d","title":"About Uddaka","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":373}