{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn6.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn6.6","id":"suttacentral_sn6.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time the Buddha had gone into retreat for the day\u2019s meditation. Then the independent divinities Subrahm\u0101 and Suddh\u0101v\u0101sa went to the Buddha and stationed themselves one by each door-post. But Subrahm\u0101 said to Suddh\u0101v\u0101sa, \u201cGood fellow, it\u2019s the wrong time to pay homage to the Buddha. He has gone into retreat for the day\u2019s meditation. But such-and-such realm of divinity is successful and prosperous, while the divinity living there is negligent. Come, let\u2019s go to that realm of divinity and inspire awe in that divinity!\u201d \u201cYes, good fellow,\u201d replied Suddh\u0101v\u0101sa. Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, they vanished from in front of the Buddha and appeared in that realm of divinity. That divinity saw those divinities coming off in the distance and said to them, \u201cWell now, good fellows, where have you come from?\u201d \u201cGood fellow, we\u2019ve come from the presence of the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. Shouldn\u2019t you go to attend on that Blessed One?\u201d When they had spoken, that divinity refused to accept their advice. He multiplied himself a thousand times and said to Subrahm\u0101, \u201cGood fellow, can\u2019t you see that I have such psychic power?\u201d \u201cI see that, good fellow.\u201d \u201cSince I have such psychic power and might, what other ascetic or brahmin should I go to and attend upon?\u201d Then Subrahm\u0101 multiplied himself two thousand times and said to that divinity, \u201cGood fellow, can\u2019t you see that I have such psychic power?\u201d \u201cI see that, good fellow.\u201d \u201cThat Buddha has even more psychic power and might than you or me. Shouldn\u2019t you go to attend on that Blessed One?\u201d Then that divinity addressed Subrahm\u0101 in verse: \u201cThere are three hundreds of phoenixes, <j>four of swans, and five of tigerhawks. <j>To he who practiced absorption belongs this palace; it shines, Divinity, lighting up the northern quarter!\u201d \u201cSo what if your palace shines, lighting up the northern quarter? A clever person, seeing the strife in form, its chronic trembling, takes no pleasure in it.\u201d Then after inspiring awe in that divinity, the independent divinities Subrahm\u0101 and Suddh\u0101v\u0101sa vanished right there. And after some time that divinity went to attend on the Buddha.","title":"The Negligent Divinity","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":371}