{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud8.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud8.5","id":"suttacentral_ud8.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud8.5/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Mallas together with a large Sa\u1e45gha when he arrived at P\u0101v\u0101. There he stayed in Cunda the smith\u2019s mango grove. Cunda heard that the Buddha had arrived and was staying in his mango grove. Then he went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk. Then Cunda said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, would the Buddha, together with the mendicant Sa\u1e45gha, please accept tomorrow\u2019s meal from me?\u201d The Buddha consented with silence. Then, knowing that the Buddha had consented, Cunda rose from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. And when the night had passed Cunda had delicious fresh and cooked foods prepared in his own home, and plenty of pork on the turn. Then he had the Buddha informed of the time, saying, \u201cSir, it\u2019s time. The meal is ready.\u201d Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of Cunda together with the mendicant Sa\u1e45gha, where he sat down on the seat spread out and addressed Cunda, \u201cCunda, please serve me with the pork on the turn that you\u2019ve prepared. And serve the mendicant Sa\u1e45gha with the other foods.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Cunda, and did as he was asked. Then the Buddha addressed Cunda, \u201cCunda, any pork on the turn that\u2019s left over, you should bury it in a pit. I don\u2019t see anyone in this world\u2014with its gods, M\u0101ras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans\u2014who could properly digest it except the Realized One.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Cunda. He did as he was asked, then came back to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. Then the Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk, after which he rose from his seat and left. After the Buddha had eaten Cunda\u2019s meal, he fell severely ill with bloody dysentery, struck by dreadful pains, close to death. But he endured unbothered, with mindfulness and situational awareness. Then the Buddha said to Venerable \u0100nanda, \u201cCome, \u0100nanda, let\u2019s go to Kusin\u0101r\u0101.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d \u0100nanda replied. I\u2019ve heard that after eating the meal of Cunda the smith, the attentive one fell severely ill, with pains, close to death. A severe sickness struck the Teacher who had eaten the pork on the turn. While still purging the Buddha said: \u201cI\u2019ll go to the citadel of Kusin\u0101r\u0101.\u201d Then the Buddha left the road and went to the root of a certain tree, where he addressed \u0100nanda, \u201cGo on then, \u0100nanda, fold my outer robe in four and spread it out for me. I am tired and will sit down.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied \u0100nanda, and did as he was asked. The Buddha sat down on the seat spread out, and said to Venerable \u0100nanda, \u201cGo on then, \u0100nanda, fetch me some water. I am thirsty and will drink.\u201d When he said this, Venerable \u0100nanda said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, just now around five hundred carts have passed by. The shallow water has been churned up by their wheels, and it flows cloudy and murky. The Kakutth\u0101 River is not far away, with clear, sweet, cool water, clean, with smooth banks, delightful. There the Buddha can drink and cool his limbs.\u201d For a second time \u2026 For a third time, the Buddha said to \u0100nanda, \u201cGo on then, \u0100nanda, fetch me some water. I am thirsty and will drink.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied \u0100nanda. Taking his bowl he went to the river. Now, though the shallow water in that river had been churned up by wheels, and flowed cloudy and murky, when \u0100nanda approached it flowed transparent, clear, and unclouded. Then Venerable \u0100nanda thought, \u201cOh lord, how incredible, how amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might! For though the shallow water in that river had been churned up by wheels, and flowed cloudy and murky, when I approached it flowed transparent, clear, and unclouded.\u201d Gathering a bowl of drinking water he went back to the Buddha, and said to him, \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, sir, it\u2019s amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might! For though the shallow water in that river had been churned up by wheels, and flowed cloudy and murky, when I approached it flowed transparent, clear, and unclouded. Drink the water, Blessed One! Drink the water, Holy One!\u201d So the Buddha drank the water. Then the Buddha together with a large Sa\u1e45gha of mendicants went to the Kakutth\u0101 River. He plunged into the river and bathed and drank. And when he had emerged, he went to the mango grove, where he addressed Venerable Cundaka, \u201cGo on then, Cundaka, fold my outer robe in four and spread it out for me. I am tired and will lie down.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Cundaka, and did as he was asked. And then the Buddha laid down in the lion\u2019s posture\u2014on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other\u2014mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up. But Cundaka sat down right there in front of the Buddha. Having gone to Kakutth\u0101 Creek, whose water was transparent, sweet, and clear, the Teacher, being tired, plunged in, the Realized One, without compare in the world. And after bathing and drinking the Teacher emerged. Before the group of mendicants, in the middle, <j>the Buddha, the Teacher who rolled forth <j>the present dispensation, the great seer went to the mango grove. He addressed the mendicant named Cundaka: \u201cSpread out my folded robe so I can lie down.\u201d The evolved one urged Cunda, who quickly spread the folded robe. The Teacher lay down so tired, while Cunda sat there before him. Then the Buddha said to Venerable \u0100nanda, \u201cNow it may happen, \u0100nanda, that others may give rise to some regret for Cunda the smith: \u2018It\u2019s your loss, respectable Cunda, it\u2019s your misfortune, in that the Realized One was fully quenched after eating his last almsmeal from you.\u2019 You should dispel remorse in Cunda the smith like this: \u2018You\u2019re fortunate, respectable Cunda, you\u2019re so very fortunate, in that the Realized One was fully quenched after eating his last almsmeal from you. I have heard and learned this in the presence of the Buddha. There are two almsmeal offerings that have identical fruit and result, and are more fruitful and beneficial than other almsmeal offerings. What two? The almsmeal after eating which a Realized One awakens to the supreme perfect awakening; and the almsmeal after eating which he becomes fully extinguished in the element of extinguishment with no residue. These two almsmeal offerings have identical fruit and result, and are more fruitful and beneficial than other almsmeal offerings. You\u2019ve accumulated a deed that leads to long life, beauty, happiness, glory, heaven, and sovereignty.\u2019 You should dispel remorse in Cunda the smith like this.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cA giver\u2019s merit grows; enmity doesn\u2019t build up when you have self-control. A skillful person gives up bad things\u2014 with the end of greed, hate, and delusion, <j>they\u2019re quenched.\u201d","title":"With Cunda","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1210}