{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_snp3.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_snp3.1","id":"suttacentral_snp3.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cI shall extol going forth with the example of the Clear-eyed One, the course of inquiry that led to his choice to go forth. \u2018This life at home is cramped, a realm of dirt.\u2019 \u2018The life of one gone forth is like an open space.\u2019 Seeing this, he went forth. Having gone forth, he shunned bad deeds of body. And leaving verbal misconduct behind, he purified his livelihood. The Buddha went to R\u0101jagaha, the Mountainfold of the Magadhans. He betook himself for alms, replete with excellent marks. Bimbis\u0101ra saw him while standing atop his longhouse. Noticing that he was endowed with marks, he said the following: \u2018Pay heed, sirs, to this one, handsome, majestic, radiant; accomplished in deportment, he looks just a plough\u2019s length in front. Eyes downcast, mindful, unlike one from a low family. Let the king\u2019s messengers run out, and find where the mendicant will go.\u2019 The messengers sent out followed right behind, thinking \u2018Where will the mendicant go? Where shall he find a place to stay?\u2019 Wandering indiscriminately for alms, sense doors guarded and well restrained, aware and mindful, his bowl was quickly filled. Having wandered for alms, the sage left the city. He betook himself to Mount Pa\u1e47\u1e0dava, thinking, \u2018Here is the place I shall stay.\u2019 Seeing that he had arrived at a place to stay, the messengers withdrew nearby, but one of them returned to inform the king. \u2018Great king, the mendicant is on the east flank of Mount Pa\u1e47\u1e0dava. There he sits, like a tiger or a bull, like a lion in a mountain cave.\u2019 Hearing the messenger\u2019s report, the aristocrat set out hurriedly in his fine chariot toward Mount Pa\u1e47\u1e0dava. He went as far as vehicles could go, then dismounted from his chariot, approached on foot, and reaching him, drew near. Seated, the king greeted him and made polite conversation. When the courtesies were over, he said the following: \u2018You are young, just a youth, a lad in the prime of life. You are endowed with beauty and stature, like an aristocrat of good birth in glory at the army\u2019s head, surrounded by a troop of elephants. I offer you pleasures\u2014enjoy them! But please tell me of your birth.\u2019 \u2018Up north, O King, on the slopes of the Himalayas, full of wealth and strength, lies the land of one whose abode is among the Kosalans. Their clan is named for the Sun, they are Sakyans by birth. I have gone forth from that family\u2014 I do not yearn for sensual pleasure. Seeing the danger in sensual pleasures, seeing renunciation as sanctuary, I shall go on to strive; that is where my mind delights.\u2019\u201d","title":"Going Forth","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":440}