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 - 19<br />
After seeing (him), he went to the Gracious One, and after going and<br />
prostrating himself with his head at the Gracious One's feet, he said<br />
this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Let the Gracious One preach the Dhamma to me, reverend Sir, let the<br />
Fortunate One preach the Dhamma, that will be for my benefit and<br />
happiness for a long time.”<br />
After that was said, the Gracious One said this to Bāhiya of the Bark<br />
Robe: “It is the wrong time for you, Bāhiya, we have entered among<br />
the houses for alms.”<br />
For a second time Bāhiya of the Bark Robe said this to the Gracious<br />
One: “But it is hard to know, reverend Sir, the dangers to the Gracious<br />
One's life, or the dangers to my life! Let the Gracious One preach the<br />
Dhamma to me, reverend Sir, let the Fortunate One preach the<br />
Dhamma, that will be for my benefit and happiness for a long time.”<br />
For a second time the Gracious One said this to Bāhiya of the Bark<br />
Robe: “It is the wrong time for you, Bāhiya, we have entered among<br />
the houses for alms.”<br />
For a third time Bāhiya of the Bark Robe said this to the Gracious<br />
One: “But it is hard to know, reverend Sir, the dangers to the Gracious<br />
One's life, or the dangers to my life! Let the Gracious One preach the<br />
Dhamma to me, reverend Sir, let the Fortunate One preach the<br />
Dhamma, that will be for my benefit and happiness for a long time.”
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