{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud1.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud1.4","id":"suttacentral_ud1.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud1.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvel\u0101 at the goatherd\u2019s banyan tree on the bank of the Nera\u00f1jar\u0101 River. There the Buddha sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom. When seven days had passed, the Buddha emerged from that state of immersion. Then a certain brahmin, one of those who murmured the mystic syllable <i lang='pi' translate='no'>hu\u1e41</i>, <i lang='pi' translate='no'>hu\u1e41</i>, went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he stood to one side and said, \u201cWorthy Gotama, how do you define a brahmin? And what are the things that make one a brahmin?\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cAny brahmin who has banished bad qualities\u2014 not murmuring the mystic syllable <i lang='pi' translate='no'>hu\u1e41</i>, <j>unstained, self-controlled, a complete knowledge master <j>who has completed the spiritual journey\u2014 they may legitimately proclaim the divine doctrine; who have no pretensions about anything in the world.\u201d","title":"The Mystic Syllable Hu\u1e41","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":175}