{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud5.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud5.5","id":"suttacentral_ud5.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud5.5/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 the stilt longhouse of Mig\u0101ra\u2019s mother in the Eastern Monastery. Now, at that time it was the sabbath, and the Buddha was sitting surrounded by the Sa\u1e45gha of monks. 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 Sa\u1e45gha of monks has been sitting long. Please, sir, may the Buddha recite the monastic code to the monks.\u201d But when he said this, 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 middle watch of the night, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks has been sitting long. Please, sir, may the Buddha recite the monastic code to the monks.\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 and dawn stirs, bringing joy to the night. Please, sir, may the Buddha recite the monastic code to the monks.\u201d \u201c\u0100nanda, the assembly is not pure.\u201d Then Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na thought, \u201cWho is the Buddha talking about?\u201d Then he focused on encompassing the minds of everyone in the Sa\u1e45gha. He saw that unethical individual, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner\u2014though claiming to be one\u2014rotten inside, festering, and depraved, sitting in the middle of the Sa\u1e45gha. When he saw him he rose from his seat, went up to him and said, \u201cGet up, reverend. The Buddha has seen you. You can\u2019t live in communion with the monks.\u201d But when he said this, that individual kept silent. For a second time and a third time, he asked that monk to leave. But for a third time that individual kept silent. Then Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na took that individual by the arm, ejected him out the gate, and bolted the door. Then he went up to the Buddha, and said to him, \u201cI have ejected that individual. The assembly is pure. Please, sir, may the Buddha recite the monastic code to the monks.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, Moggall\u0101na, it\u2019s amazing, how that futile man waited to be taken by the arm!\u201d Then the Buddha said to the monks, \u201cFrom this day forth, monks, I will not perform the sabbath or recite the monastic code. Now you should perform the sabbath and recite the monastic code. It\u2019s impossible, monks, it can\u2019t happen that a Realized One could recite the monastic code in an impure assembly. Seeing these eight incredible and amazing things the titans love the ocean. What eight? The ocean gradually slants, slopes, and inclines, with no abrupt precipice. This is the first thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, the ocean is consistent and doesn\u2019t overflow its boundaries. This is the second thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, the ocean doesn\u2019t accommodate a carcass, but quickly carries it to the shore and strands it on the beach. This is the third thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, when they reach the ocean, all the great rivers\u2014that is, the Ganges, Yamun\u0101, Aciravat\u012b, Sarabh\u016b, and Mah\u012b\u2014lose their names and clans and are simply reckoned as \u2018the ocean\u2019. This is the fourth thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, for all the world\u2019s streams that reach it, and the showers that fall from the sky, the ocean never empties or fills up. This is the fifth thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, the ocean has just one taste, the taste of salt. This is the sixth thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, the ocean is full of many kinds of treasures, such as pearls, gems, beryl, conch, quartz, coral, silver, native gold, rubies, and emeralds. This is the seventh thing the titans love about the ocean. Furthermore, many great beings live in the ocean, such as leviathans, leviathan-gulpers, leviathan-gulper-gulpers, titans, dragons, and centaurs. In the ocean there are life-forms a hundred leagues long, or even two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, or five hundred leagues long. This is the eighth thing the titans love about the ocean. Seeing these eight incredible and amazing things the titans love the ocean. In the same way, seeing eight incredible and amazing things, monks, the mendicants love this teaching and training. What eight? The ocean gradually slants, slopes, and inclines, with no abrupt precipice. In the same way in this teaching and training the penetration to enlightenment comes from gradual training, progress, and practice, not abruptly. This is the first thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. The ocean is consistent and doesn\u2019t overflow its boundaries. In the same way, when a training rule is laid down for my disciples they wouldn\u2019t break it even for the sake of their own life. This is the second thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. The ocean doesn\u2019t accommodate a carcass, but quickly carries it to the shore and strands it on the beach. In the same way, the Sa\u1e45gha doesn\u2019t accommodate an individual who is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner\u2014though claiming to be one\u2014rotten inside, festering, and depraved. But they quickly gather and expel them. Even if such an individual is sitting in the middle of the Sa\u1e45gha, they\u2019re far from the Sa\u1e45gha, and the Sa\u1e45gha is far from them. This is the third thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. Furthermore, when they reach the ocean, all the great rivers\u2014that is, the Ganges, Yamun\u0101, Aciravat\u012b, Sarabh\u016b, and Mah\u012b\u2014lose their names and clans and are simply reckoned as \u2018the ocean\u2019. In the same way, when they go forth from the lay life to homelessness, all four classes\u2014aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials\u2014lose their former names and clans and are simply reckoned as \u2018ascetics who follow the Sakyan\u2019. This is the fourth thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. For all the world\u2019s streams that reach it, and the showers that fall from the sky, the ocean never empties or fills up. In the same way, though several mendicants become fully extinguished in the element of extinguishment with no residue, the element of extinguishment never empties or fills up. This is the fifth thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. The ocean has just one taste, the taste of salt. In the same way, this teaching and training has one taste, the taste of freedom. This is the sixth thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. The ocean is full of many kinds of treasures, such as pearls, gems, beryl, conch, quartz, coral, silver, native gold, rubies, and emeralds. In the same way, this teaching and training is full of many kinds of treasures, such as the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. This is the seventh thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. Many great beings live in the ocean, such as leviathans, leviathan-gulpers, leviathan-gulper-gulpers, titans, dragons, and centaurs. In the ocean there are life-forms a hundred leagues long, or even two hundred, three hundred, four hundred, or five hundred leagues long. In the same way, great beings live in this teaching and training, and these are those beings. The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The perfected one, and the one practicing for perfection. This is the eighth thing the mendicants love about this teaching and training. Seeing these eight incredible and amazing things, the mendicants love this teaching and training.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cThe rain saturates things that are covered up; it doesn\u2019t saturate things that are open. Therefore you should open up a covered thing, so the rain will not saturate it.\u201d","title":"Sabbath","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1457}