{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_snp1.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_snp1.9","id":"suttacentral_snp1.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cToday is the fifteenth day sabbath,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, the native spirit of mount S\u0101t\u0101, \u201ca holy night is at hand. Come now, let us see Gotama, the Teacher of peerless name.\u201d \u201cIsn\u2019t his mind well-disposed,\u201d said Hemavata, the native spirit of the Himalayas, \u201cimpartial toward all creatures? And aren\u2019t his thoughts under control when it comes to likes and dislikes?\u201d \u201cHis mind is well-disposed,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, \u201cimpartial toward all creatures. His thoughts are under control when it comes to his likes and dislikes.\u201d \u201cDoesn\u2019t he not steal?\u201d said Hemavata, \u201cAnd doesn\u2019t he harm not a creature? Isn\u2019t he far from negligence? And doesn\u2019t he not neglect absorption?\u201d \u201cHe does not take what is not given,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, \u201cand he harms not a creature. He is far from negligence\u2014 the Buddha does not neglect absorption.\u201d \u201cDoesn\u2019t he avoid lying?\u201d said Hemavata, \u201cAnd doesn\u2019t he not speak sharply? Doesn\u2019t he avoid backbiting, as well as speaking nonsense?\u201d \u201cHe does not lie,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, \u201cnor does he speak sharply. He avoids backbiting, and thoughtfully speaks wise counsel.\u201d \u201cDoesn\u2019t he find sensual pleasures unattractive?\u201d said Hemavata, \u201cAnd isn\u2019t his mind unclouded? Hasn\u2019t he escaped delusion? Does his eye see clearly in all things?\u201d \u201cHe does not find sensual pleasures attractive,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, \u201cand his mind is unclouded. He has escaped all delusion\u2014 the Buddha, whose eye sees clearly in all things.\u201d \u201cIsn\u2019t he accomplished in knowledge?\u201d said Hemavata, \u201cAnd doesn\u2019t he live a pure life? Aren\u2019t his defilements all ended? Doesn\u2019t he have no future lives?\u201d \u201cHe is accomplished in knowledge,\u201d said S\u0101t\u0101gira, \u201cand he does live a pure life. His defilements are all ended, there\u2019ll be no more future lives for him.\u201d \u201cAccomplished is the sage\u2019s mind in action and in speech, and he\u2019s accomplished in knowledge and conduct as per the teaching you praise.\u201d \u201cAccomplished is the sage\u2019s mind in action and in speech, and he\u2019s accomplished in knowledge and conduct as per the teaching you rejoice in. Accomplished is the sage\u2019s mind in action and in speech, and he\u2019s accomplished in knowledge and conduct: come now, let us see Gotama.\u201d \u201cThe hero so lean, with antelope calves, not greedy, eating little, the sage meditating alone in the forest, come now, let us see Gotama. A giant, wandering alone like a lion, unconcerned for sensual pleasures, let\u2019s approach him and ask about release from the snare of death.\u201d \u201cThe communicator, the instructor, who has gone beyond all things, Awakened, beyond enmities and fears, let us ask Gotama.\u201d \u201cWhat has the world arisen in?\u201d said Hemavata, \u201cWhat does it get close to? By grasping what is the world troubled in what?\u201d \u201cThe world\u2019s arisen in six,\u201d said the Buddha to Hemavata. \u201cIt gets close to six. Derived from the six, the world\u2019s troubled in six.\u201d \u201cWhat is that grasping by which the world is troubled? Tell us the exit when asked: how is one released from all suffering?\u201d \u201cThe world has five kinds of sensual stimulation, and the mind is said to be the sixth. When you\u2019ve discarded desire for these, you\u2019re released from all suffering. This is the exit from the world, explained in accord with the truth. The way I\u2019ve explained it is how you\u2019re released from all suffering.\u201d \u201cWho here crosses the flood, Who crosses the deluge? Who, not standing and unsupported, does not sink in the deep?\u201d \u201cSomeone who is always endowed with ethics, wise and serene, inwardly reflective, mindful, crosses the flood so hard to cross. Someone who desists from sensual perception, who has escaped all fetters, and has ended relish for rebirth, does not sink in the deep.\u201d \u201cBehold him of wisdom deep <j>who sees the subtle meaning, who has nothing, unattached to sensual life, everywhere free, the great seer treading the holy road. Behold him of peerless name <j>who sees the subtle meaning, giver of wisdom, <j>unattached to the realm of sensuality: the all-knower, so very intelligent, the great seer treading the noble road. It was a fine sight for us today, a good sunup, a good rising, to see the Awakened One, the undefiled one who has crossed the flood. These thousand native spirits powerful and glorious, all go to you for refuge, you are our supreme Teacher. We shall journey village to village, peak to peak, paying homage to the Buddha, and the clear rightness of the teaching!\u201d","title":"With Hemavata","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":724}