{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud3.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud3.3","id":"suttacentral_ud3.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud3.3/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 five hundred mendicants headed by Yasoja arrived at S\u0101vatth\u012b to see the Buddha. At that, those visiting mendicants, while exchanging pleasantries with the resident mendicants, preparing their lodgings, and putting away their bowls and robes, made a colossal racket. Then the Buddha said to Venerable \u0100nanda, \u201c\u0100nanda, who\u2019s making that colossal racket? You\u2019d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!\u201d \u201cSir, those five hundred mendicants headed by Yasoja have arrived at S\u0101vatth\u012b to see the Buddha. It\u2019s those visiting mendicants who, while exchanging pleasantries with the resident mendicants, preparing their lodgings, and putting away their bowls and robes, made a colossal racket.\u201d \u201cWell then, \u0100nanda, in my name tell those mendicants that the Teacher summons them.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d \u0100nanda replied. He went to those mendicants and said, \u201cVenerables, the Teacher summons you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d replied those mendicants. Then they rose from their seats and went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them, \u201cMendicants, what\u2019s with that colossal racket? You\u2019d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!\u201d When he said this, Venerable Yasoja said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, these five hundred mendicants have arrived at S\u0101vatth\u012b to see the Buddha. It\u2019s these visiting mendicants who, while exchanging pleasantries with the resident mendicants, preparing their lodgings, and putting away their bowls and robes, made a colossal racket.\u201d \u201cGo away, mendicants, I dismiss you. You are not to stay in my presence.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied those mendicants. They got up from their seats, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on their right. They set their lodgings in order and left, taking their bowls and robes. Traveling stage by stage in the land of the Vajjis, they arrived at the Vaggumud\u0101 River. They built leaf huts near the riverbank and there they entered the rainy season. Then Venerable Yasoja, having entered the rainy season, addressed the mendicants: \u201cOut of sympathy, reverends, the Buddha dismissed us, wanting what\u2019s best for us. Come, let us live in such a way that the Buddha would be pleased with us.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d they replied. Then those mendicants, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, all realized the three knowledges in that same rainy season. When the Buddha had stayed in S\u0101vatth\u012b as long as he pleased, he set out for Ves\u0101l\u012b. Traveling stage by stage, he arrived at Ves\u0101l\u012b, where he stayed in the hall with the peaked roof. Then, having applied his mind to comprehending the minds of the mendicants staying on the bank of the Vaggumud\u0101 River, the Buddha said to Venerable \u0100nanda, \u201cA light, it appears to me, has arisen in this quarter, \u0100nanda; a brightness has arisen. I\u2019m not put off at the thought of going to where the mendicants are staying on the bank of the Vaggumud\u0101 River. Send a message to those mendicants: \u2018Venerables, the Teacher summons you. He wants to see you.\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d \u0100nanda replied. He went to one of the mendicants and said, \u201cPlease, Reverend, go to the mendicants staying on the bank of the Vaggumud\u0101 River and say to them, \u2018Venerables, the Teacher summons you. He wants to see you.\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d replied that mendicant. Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof, and reappeared in front of those mendicants on the bank of the Vaggumud\u0101 River. Then he said to those mendicants, \u201cVenerables, the Teacher summons you. He wants to see you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d replied those mendicants. They set their lodgings in order and took their bowls and robes. Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, they vanished from the bank of the Vaggumud\u0101 River, and reappeared in the presence of the Buddha in the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. But at that time the Buddha was sitting immersed in imperturbable meditation. Then those mendicants thought, \u201cWhat kind of meditation is the Buddha practicing right now?\u201d They thought, \u201cHe is practicing the imperturbable meditation.\u201d They all sat in imperturbable meditation. And then, as the night was getting late, in the first watch of the night, Venerable \u0100nanda rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha and said, \u201cSir, the night is getting late. It is the first watch of the night, and the visiting mendicants have been sitting long. Sir, please greet the visiting mendicants.\u201d But the Buddha kept silent. For a second time, as the night was getting late, in the middle watch of the night, \u0100nanda rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha and said, \u201cSir, the night is getting late. It is the second watch of the night, and the visiting mendicants have been sitting long. Sir, please greet the visiting mendicants.\u201d But for a second time the Buddha kept silent. For a third time, as the night was getting late, in the last watch of the night, as dawn stirred, bringing joy to the night, \u0100nanda rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha and said, \u201cSir, the night is getting late. It is the last watch of the night; dawn stirs, bringing joy to the night, and the visiting mendicants have been sitting long. Sir, please greet the visiting mendicants.\u201d Then the Buddha emerged from that immersion and addressed \u0100nanda, \u201cIf you\u2019d known, \u0100nanda, you wouldn\u2019t have said so much. Both I and these five hundred mendicants have been sitting in imperturbable meditation.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cA mendicant who has beaten <j>the thorn of sensuality\u2014 and abuse, killing, and caging\u2014 steady as a mountain, imperturbable, trembles not at pleasure and pain.\u201d","title":"With Yasoja","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":999}