{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.21/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.21","id":"suttacentral_sn7.21","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.21/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time there was a brahmin named Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava staying in S\u0101vatth\u012b. He practiced purification by water, believing in purification by water. He lived committed to the practice of immersing himself in water at daybreak and dusk. Then Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered S\u0101vatth\u012b for alms. He wandered for alms in S\u0101vatth\u012b. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, there is a brahmin named Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava staying in S\u0101vatth\u012b. He practices purification by water, believing in purification by water. He lives devoted to ritual bathing at daybreak and dusk. Please visit him at his home out of sympathy.\u201d The Buddha consented with silence. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the brahmin Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava, and sat down on the seat spread out. Then the brahmin Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him, \u201cIs it really true, brahmin, that you practice purification by water, believing in purification by water; that you live committed to the practice of immersing yourself in water at daybreak and dusk?\u201d \u201cYes, worthy Gotama.\u201d \u201cBut brahmin, for what reason do you practice purification by water?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s because, Worthy Gotama, whatever bad deeds I\u2019ve done during the day I rinse off by bathing at dusk; and whatever bad deeds I\u2019ve done during the night, I rinse off by bathing at dawn. That\u2019s the reason why I practice purification by water.\u201d \u201cThe teaching is a lake, brahmin, <j>into which ethics are the stairs, unclouded, praised by the fine to the good. There the knowledge masters go to bathe, and cross to the far shore with dry limbs.\u201d When he had spoken, Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava said to the Buddha, \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! \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 Sa\u1e45g\u0101rava","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":355}