Exalted Utterances - Udāna (KN 3)
An English translation of this important collection of eighty discourses covering many themes and biographical details in the Buddha’s teaching.
An English translation of this important collection of eighty discourses covering many themes and biographical details in the Buddha’s teaching.
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1: Bodhivaggo - 7<br />
1.4 The Discourse about the Banyan (Tree)<br />
Thus I heard: at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Uruvelā,<br />
on the bank of the river Nerañjarā, at the root of the Goatherds'<br />
Banyan tree, in the first (period) after attaining Awakening. Then at<br />
that time the Gracious One was sitting in one cross-legged posture for<br />
seven days experiencing the happiness of freedom.<br />
Then with the passing of those seven days, the Gracious One arose<br />
from that concentration. Then a certain brāhmaṇa who was by nature<br />
a grumbler went to the Gracious One, 11 and after going, he exchanged<br />
greetings with the Gracious One.<br />
After exchanging courteous talk and greetings, he stood on one side.<br />
While stood on one side that brāhmaṇa said this to the Gracious<br />
One:“To what extent, dear Gotama, is one a brāhmaṇa? And again<br />
what things make one a brāhmaṇa?”<br />
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on<br />
that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:<br />
11 This construction yena tenupasaṅkami is an idiom,<br />
meaning literally: by where the < person (or place)> was, by there he<br />
approached. For a study of these approach formulas (based on Dīghanikāya)<br />
see Mark Allon, Style and Function (Tokyo, 1997).
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