{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn8.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn8.9","id":"suttacentral_sn8.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.9/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. Then Venerable Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a Who Understood approached the Buddha after a very long absence. He bowed with his head to the Buddha\u2019s feet, caressing them and covering them with kisses, and pronounced his name: \u201cI am Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, Blessed One! I am Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, Holy One!\u201d Then Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa thought, \u201cThis Venerable Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a Who Understood has approached the Buddha after a very long absence. He bowed with his head to the Buddha\u2019s feet, caressing them and covering them with kisses, and pronounced his name: \u2018I am Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, Blessed One! I am Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, Holy One!\u2019 Why don\u2019t I extoll him in the Buddha\u2019s presence with fitting verses?\u201d Then Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said, \u201cI feel inspired to speak, Blessed One! I feel inspired to speak, Holy One!\u201d \u201cThen speak as you feel inspired,\u201d said the Buddha. Then Va\u1e45g\u012bsa extolled Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a in the Buddha\u2019s presence with fitting verses: \u201cThe senior monk awakened after the Buddha, Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, is keenly energetic. He regularly gains the blissful meditations of seclusion. Whatever can be attained by a disciple who does the Teacher\u2019s bidding, he has attained it all, through diligently training himself. With great power and the three knowledges, expert in encompassing the minds of others, Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a, the heir to the Buddha, bows at the Teacher\u2019s feet.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e47\u1e0da\u00f1\u00f1a","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":241}