{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.17","id":"suttacentral_sn7.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove. Now at that time the brahmin Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Builder was having some building work done in that jungle thicket. He saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged at the root of a certain sal tree, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present. Seeing this, it occurred to him, \u201cI enjoy having this building work done here in the jungle. I wonder what the ascetic Gotama enjoys having done?\u201d Then Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Builder went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: \u201cWhat kind of works are done by you, a mendicant in the sal jungle? How do you find enjoyment alone in the wilderness, Gotama?\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s nothing I need do in the jungle; my jungle\u2019s cut at the root, it\u2019s withered away. Free of snarls and thorns in the jungle, I enjoy solitude, having given up discontent.\u201d When he had spoken, the brahmin Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Builder 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":"The Builder","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":196}