{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud2.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud2.7","id":"suttacentral_ud2.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud2.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time a certain lay follower\u2019s dear and beloved only child passed away. Then in the middle of the day several lay followers with wet clothes and hair went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them: \u201cWhy, lay followers, have you come here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair?\u201d The lay follower replied, \u201cSir, my dear and beloved only child has passed away. That\u2019s why we came here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cHosts of gods and most human beings are bound to what seems dear and pleasant. Gloomy and exhausted, they fall under the sway of the King of Death. The diligent, who day and night give up what seems pleasant, dig out the root of gloom\u2014 Death\u2019s bait so hard to escape.\u201d","title":"An Only Son","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":177}