{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thag7.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thag7.2","id":"suttacentral_thag7.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thag7.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"Bhaddiya has plucked out craving, root and all, and in a jungle thicket on the far side of the Wild Mango Monastery, he practices absorption; he is truly well-favored. Some delight in clay drums, in arched harps, and in cymbals. But here, at the foot of a tree, I delight in the Buddha\u2019s teaching. If the Buddha were to grant me one wish, and I were to get what I wished for, I\u2019d choose for the whole world constant mindfulness of the body. Those who\u2019ve judged me on appearance, and those swayed by my voice, are full of desire and greed; they don\u2019t know me. Not knowing what\u2019s inside, nor seeing what\u2019s outside, the fool shut in on every side, gets carried away by a voice. Not knowing what\u2019s inside, but discerning what\u2019s outside, seeing the fruit outside, they\u2019re also carried away by a voice. Understanding what\u2019s inside, and discerning what\u2019s outside, of unhindered vision, they don\u2019t get carried away by a voice.","title":"Bhaddiya the Dwarf","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":163}