{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.12","id":"suttacentral_sn7.12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.12/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the brahmin Udaya. Then Udaya filled the Buddha\u2019s bowl with rice. The next day \u2026 Udaya again filled the Buddha\u2019s bowl with rice. But when he had filled the Buddha\u2019s bowl on the third day, he said to the Buddha, \u201cThis ascetic Gotama is such a drag! He keeps coming back again and again!\u201d \u201cAgain and again, they sow the seed; again and again, the king of the heavens sends rain; again and again, farmers plough the field; again and again, grain is produced for the nation. Again and again, the beggars beg; again and again, the donors give. Again and again, when the donors have given, again and again, they take their place in heaven. Again and again, dairy farmers milk; again and again, a calf cleaves to its mother; again and again, oppressing and intimidating, that dullard returns to the womb again and again. Again and again, you\u2019re reborn and die; again and again, you get carried to a charnel ground. But when they\u2019ve gained the path <j>for no further rebirth, one of vast wisdom is not reborn again and again.\u201d When he had spoken, the brahmin Udaya said to the Buddha, \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama \u2026 From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.\u201d","title":"With Udaya","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":240}