{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn46.30/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn46.30","id":"suttacentral_sn46.30","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.30/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sumbhas, near the town of the Sumbhas named Sedaka. Then Venerable Ud\u0101y\u012b went up to the Buddha \u2026 and said to him: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, sir, it\u2019s amazing! How helpful my fondness and respect for the Buddha have been, and my sense of conscience and prudence. For when I was still a layman, I wasn\u2019t helped much by the teaching or the Sa\u1e45gha. But when I considered my fondness and respect for the Buddha, and my sense of conscience and prudence, I went forth from the lay life to homelessness. The Buddha taught me the Dhamma: \u2018Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form. Such is feeling \u2026 Such is perception \u2026 Such are choices \u2026 Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.\u2019 Then, while staying in an empty hut, I followed the churning of the five grasping aggregates. I truly understood: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019. I comprehended the teaching, sir, I acquired the path. This, when developed and cultivated by me meditating in just such a way, will bring me to such a state that I will understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019 I acquired the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. Each of these, when developed and cultivated by me meditating in just such a way, will bring me to such a state that I will understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019 This is the path that I acquired which, when developed and cultivated by me meditating in just such a way, will bring me to such a state that I will understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019\u201d \u201cGood, good, Ud\u0101y\u012b! For that is indeed the path that you acquired which, when developed and cultivated by you meditating in just such a way, will bring you to such a state that you will understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019\u201d","title":"With Ud\u0101y\u012b","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":435}