{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_snp1.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_snp1.2","id":"suttacentral_snp1.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cI\u2019ve boiled my rice and drawn my milk,\u201d said Dhaniya the rancher, \u201cI stay with my family along the bank of the Mah\u012b. My hut is roofed, my sacred fire kindled: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI boil not with anger <j>and have drawn out hard-heartedness,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cI stay for one night along the bank of the Mah\u012b. My hut is wide open, my fire is quenched: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cNo gadflies or mosquitoes are found,\u201d said Dhaniya, \u201ccows graze on the lush meadow grass. They get by even when the rain comes: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI bound a raft and prepared it well,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cand with it I crossed over, went to the far shore, <j>and dispelled the flood. Now I have no need for a raft: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cMy wife is obedient, not wanton,\u201d said Dhaniya, \u201clong have we lived together happily. I hear nothing bad about her: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cMy mind is obedient and freed,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201clong nurtured and well-tamed. Nothing bad is found in me: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI am self-employed,\u201d said Dhaniya, \u201cand my healthy children likewise. I hear nothing bad about them: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI am no one\u2019s lackey,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cwith what I have earned I wander the world. I have no need for wages: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI have heifers and sucklings,\u201d said Dhaniya, \u201ccows in calf and breeding cows. I\u2019ve also got a bull, captain of the herd here: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cI have no heifers or sucklings,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cno cows in calf or breeding cows. I haven\u2019t got a bull, captain of the herd here: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cThe stakes are driven in, unshakable,\u201d said Dhaniya, \u201cThe grass halters are new and well-woven, not even the sucklings can break them: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d \u201cLike a bull I broke the bonds,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201clike an elephant I snapped the vine. I will never lie in a womb again: so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.\u201d Right then a vast cloud rained forth, soaking the uplands and valleys. Hearing the heavens rain down, Dhaniya said this: \u201cIt is no small gain for us that we have seen the Buddha. We come to you for refuge, Clear-eyed One. O great sage, please be our Teacher. My wife and I, obedient, shall lead the spiritual life under the Holy One. Gone beyond birth and death, we shall make an end of suffering.\u201d \u201cChildren bring you delight!\u201d said M\u0101ra the Wicked, \u201cCattle also bring you delight! For attachments are a man\u2019s delight; without attachments there\u2019s no delight.\u201d \u201cYour children bring you sorrow,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cYour cattle also bring you sorrow. For attachments are a man\u2019s sorrow; without attachments there are no sorrows.\u201d","title":"The Wealthy Rancher","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":503}