{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud5.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud5.1","id":"suttacentral_ud5.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud5.1/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 King Pasenadi of Kosala was upstairs in the royal longhouse together with Queen Mallik\u0101. Then King Pasenadi addressed Queen Mallik\u0101, \u201cMallik\u0101, is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?\u201d \u201cNo, Great King, there isn\u2019t. But is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?\u201d \u201cFor me also, Mallik\u0101, there\u2019s no one.\u201d Then King Pasenadi of Kosala came downstairs from the stilt longhouse, went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cHaving explored every quarter with the mind, one finds no one dearer than oneself. Likewise for others, each holds themselves dear; so one who desires self-knowledge <j>would harm no other.\u201d","title":"Who is More Dear?","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":144}