{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn6.14/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn6.14","id":"suttacentral_sn6.14","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.14/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b. There he addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, there was a king named Aru\u1e47av\u0101. He had a capital named Aru\u1e47avat\u012b. Sikh\u012b the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha lived supported by Aru\u1e47avat\u012b. Sikh\u012b had a fine pair of chief disciples named Abhibh\u016b and Sambhava. Then the Buddha Sikh\u012b addressed the mendicant Abhibh\u016b, \u2018Come, brahmin, let\u2019s go to one of the realms of divinity until it\u2019s time for our meal.\u2019 \u2018Yes, sir,\u2019 replied Abhibh\u016b. Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, they vanished from Aru\u1e47avat\u012b and appeared in that realm of divinity. Then the Buddha Sikh\u012b addressed the mendicant Abhibh\u016b, \u2018Brahmin, teach the Dhamma as you feel inspired for that divinity, his assembly, and the members of his retinue.\u2019 \u2018Yes, sir,\u2019 replied Abhibh\u016b. Then he educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk. But the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue complained, grumbled, and objected, \u2018Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! How on earth can a disciple teach Dhamma in the presence of the Teacher?\u2019 Then the Buddha Sikh\u012b addressed the mendicant Abhibh\u016b, \u2018Brahmin, the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue are complaining that a disciple teaches Dhamma in the presence of the Teacher. Well then, brahmin, stir them up even more!\u2019 \u2018Yes, sir,\u2019 replied Abhibh\u016b. Then he taught Dhamma with his body visible; with his body invisible; with the lower half visible and the upper half invisible; and with the upper half visible and the lower half invisible. And the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue, their minds full of wonder and amazement, thought, \u2018Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! The ascetic has such psychic power and might!\u2019 Then Abhibh\u016b said to the Buddha Sikh\u012b, \u2018Sir, I recall having said this in the middle of the Sa\u1e45gha: \u201cStanding in the realm of divinity, I can make my voice heard throughout the thousandfold galaxy.\u201d\u2019 \u2018Now is the time, brahmin! Now is the time, brahmin! Standing in the realm of divinity, make your voice heard throughout the thousandfold galaxy.\u2019 \u2018Yes, sir,\u2019 replied Abhibh\u016b. Standing in the realm of divinity, he spoke this verse: \u2018Rouse yourselves! Try harder! Devote yourselves to the teachings of the Buddha! Crush the army of Death, as an elephant a hut of reeds. Whoever shall meditate diligently in this teaching and training, giving up transmigration through rebirths, will make an end of suffering.\u2019 Having inspired that divinity, his assembly, and his retinue with a sense of awe, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, Sikh\u012b and Abhibh\u016b vanished from that realm of divinity and appeared in Aru\u1e47avat\u012b. Then the Buddha Sikh\u012b addressed the mendicants, \u2018Mendicants, did you hear the mendicant Abhibh\u016b speaking a verse while standing in a realm of divinity?\u2019 \u2018We did, sir.\u2019 \u2018But what exactly did you hear?\u2019 \u2018This is what we heard, sir: \u201cRouse yourselves! Try harder! Devote yourselves to the teachings of the Buddha! Crush the army of Death, as an elephant a hut of reeds. Whoever shall meditate diligently in this teaching and training, giving up transmigration through rebirths, will make an end of suffering.\u201d That\u2019s what we heard, sir.\u2019 \u2018Good, good, mendicants! It\u2019s good that you heard the mendicant Abhibh\u016b speaking this verse while standing in a realm of divinity.\u2019\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.","title":"About Aru\u1e47avat\u012b","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":583}