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Bhaddiya the Dwarf (2nd)

Dutiyalakuṇḍakabhaddiyasutta

Ven. Sāriputta doesn’t realize that his listener has already become an arahant.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Udāna 7.2Heartfelt Sayings 7.2

0.2DutiyalakuṇḍakabhaddiyasuttaBhaddiya the Dwarf (2nd)

1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.3Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṁ sekhaṁ maññamāno bhiyyoso mattāya anekapariyāyena dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.Now at that time Venerable Sāriputta was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring Venerable Bhaddiya the Dwarf in even more ways with a Dhamma talk, thinking that he was still a trainee.

2.1Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ āyasmantaṁ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṁ sekhaṁ maññamānaṁ bhiyyoso mattāya anekapariyāyena dhammiyā kathāya sandassentaṁ samādapentaṁ samuttejentaṁ sampahaṁsentaṁ.The Buddha saw what was happening.

3.1Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

4.1“Acchecchi vaṭṭaṁ byagā nirāsaṁ,“They’ve cut the cycle, gone to the wishless;4.2Visukkhā saritā na sandati;the streams are dried, they flow no more.4.3Chinnaṁ vaṭṭaṁ na vattati,Cut, the cycle no longer spins.4.4Esevanto dukkhassā”ti.Just this is the end of suffering.”

4.5Dutiyaṁ.