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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Brahmins: SN7:5 Ahiṃsaka

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho ahiṃsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho ahiṃsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "ahiṃsakāhaṃ, bho gotama, ahiṃsakāhaṃ, bho gotamā"ti.

2 "Yathā nāmaṃ tathā cassa,
siyā kho tvaṃ ahiṃsako;
Yo ca kāyena vācāya,
manasā ca na hiṃsati;
Sa ve ahiṃsako hoti,
yo paraṃ na vihiṃsatī"ti.

3 Evaṃ vutte, ahiṃsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā ahiṃsakabhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.