{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud8.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud8.8","id":"suttacentral_ud8.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud8.8/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 the dear and beloved granddaughter of Vis\u0101kh\u0101, Mig\u0101ra\u2019s mother, had just passed away. Then, in the middle of the day, Vis\u0101kh\u0101 with wet clothes and hair went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down. The Buddha said to her, \u201cSo, Vis\u0101kh\u0101, where are you coming from in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair?\u201d \u201cSir, my beloved granddaughter has just passed away. That\u2019s why I came here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair.\u201d \u201cVis\u0101kh\u0101, would you like as many children and grandchildren as there are people in the whole of S\u0101vatth\u012b?\u201d \u201cI would, sir.\u201d \u201cBut Vis\u0101kh\u0101, how many people pass away each day in S\u0101vatth\u012b?\u201d \u201cEvery day, sir, there are ten people passing away in S\u0101vatth\u012b. Or else there are nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, or at least one person who passes away every day in S\u0101vatth\u012b. S\u0101vatth\u012b is never without someone passing away.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, Vis\u0101kh\u0101? Would there ever be a time when your clothes and hair were not wet?\u201d \u201cNo, sir. Enough, sir, with so many children and grandchildren.\u201d \u201cThose who have a hundred loved ones, Vis\u0101kh\u0101, have a hundred sufferings. Those who have ninety loved ones, or eighty, seventy, sixty, fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, or one loved one have one suffering. Those who have no loved ones have no suffering. They are free of sorrow, stains, and anguish I say.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cAll the sorrows and lamentations and the countless forms of suffering in the world occur because of those that we love; without loved ones they do not occur. That\u2019s why those who have no loved ones <j>at all in the world are happy and free of grief. So aspiring to the sorrowless and stainless, have no loved ones in the world at all.\u201d","title":"With Vis\u0101kh\u0101","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":349}