{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn42.11/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn42.11","id":"suttacentral_sn42.11","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn42.11/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Mallas, near the Mallian town named Uruvelakappa. Then Bhadraka the village chief went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cPlease, sir, let the Blessed One teach me the origin and disappearance of suffering.\u201d \u201cChief, if I were to teach you about the origin and disappearance of suffering in connection with the past, saying \u2018this is how it was in the past,\u2019 you might have doubts or uncertainties about that. If I were to teach you about the origin and disappearance of suffering in connection with the future, saying \u2018this is how it will be in the future,\u2019 you might have doubts or uncertainties about that. Rather, chief, I will teach you about the origin and disappearance of suffering as I am sitting right here and you are sitting right there. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Bhadraka replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cWhat do you think, chief? Are there any people here in Uruvelakappa who, if they were executed, imprisoned, fined, or condemned, it would cause you sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cThere are, sir.\u201d \u201cBut are there any people here in Uruvelakappa who, if they were executed, imprisoned, fined, or condemned, it would not cause you sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cThere are, sir.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the cause, chief, what\u2019s the reason why, if this was to happen to some people it could cause you sorrow, while if it happens to others it does not?\u201d \u201cThe people regarding whom this would give rise to sorrow are those I have desire and passion. The people regarding whom this would not give rise to sorrow are those I don\u2019t have desire and passion.\u201d \u201cWith this present phenomenon that you have seen, understood, immediately attained, and fathomed, you can apply the same method to the past and future: \u2018All the suffering that arose in the past was rooted and sourced in desire. For desire is the root of suffering. All the suffering that will arise in the future will be rooted and sourced in desire. For desire is the root of suffering.\u2019\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, sir, it\u2019s amazing! How well said this was by the Buddha! \u2018All the suffering that arises is rooted and sourced in desire. For desire is the root of suffering.\u2019 I have a boy called Cirav\u0101si, who resides in a house away from here. I rise early and dispatch someone, saying: \u2018Go, lad, and check on my boy Cirav\u0101si.\u2019 Until they get back I worry: \u2018I hope nothing\u2019s wrong with Cirav\u0101si!\u2019\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, chief? If Cirav\u0101si was executed, imprisoned, fined, or condemned, would it cause you sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cHow could it not, sir?\u201d \u201cThis too is a way to understand: \u2018All the suffering that arises is rooted and sourced in desire. For desire is the root of suffering.\u2019 What do you think, chief? Before you\u2019d seen or heard of Cirav\u0101si\u2019s mother, did you have any desire or passion or fondness for her?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cThen was it because you saw or heard of her that you had desire or passion or fondness for her?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, chief? If Cirav\u0101si\u2019s mother was executed, imprisoned, fined, or condemned, would it cause you sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cHow could it not, sir?\u201d \u201cThis too is a way to understand: \u2018All the suffering that arises is rooted and sourced in desire. For desire is the root of suffering.\u2019\u201d","title":"With Bhadraka","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":593}