{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.8","id":"suttacentral_sn7.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels\u2019 feeding ground. Now at that time ghee and milk-rice had been set out for the brahmin Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper, who thought, \u201cI will serve the sacred flame! I will perform the fire sacrifice!\u201d Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered R\u0101jagaha for alms. Wandering indiscriminately for almsfood in R\u0101jagaha, he approached Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper\u2019s home and stood to one side. Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper saw him standing for alms and addressed him in verse: \u201cOne who\u2019s accomplished in the three knowledges, of good birth and ample learning, accomplished in knowledge and conduct may enjoy this milk-rice.\u201d \u201cEven one who mutters many prayers is no brahmin by birth if they\u2019re filthy and corrupt within, with a following gained by fawning. One who knows their past lives, sees heaven and places of loss, and has attained the ending of rebirth, is a sage of perfect insight. Because of these three knowledges a brahmin is a master of the three knowledges. Accomplished in knowledge and conduct, they may enjoy this milk-rice.\u201d \u201cMay the worthy Gotama eat! The worthy one is a brahmin.\u201d \u201cFood enchanted by a verse isn\u2019t fit for me to eat. That\u2019s not the principle of those who see, brahmin. The Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses. Since there is such a principle, brahmin, <j>that\u2019s how they live. Serve with other food and drink the consummate one, the great seer, with defilements ended and remorse stilled. For he is the field for the seeker of merit.\u201d When he had spoken, the brahmin Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper said to the Buddha, \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama! \u2026\u201d \u2026 And Venerable Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper became one of the perfected.","title":"With Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Fire-Worshiper","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":296}