{"id":"sn7.11","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Farmer","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.11","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Farmer","units":[{"id":"sn7.11:0","sourceIds":["sn7.11:0.1","sn7.11:0.2","sn7.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.11\n2. Upāsakavagga\nKasibhāradvājasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.11\n2. Lay Followers\nWith Bhāradvāja the Farmer"}},{"id":"sn7.11:1","sourceIds":["sn7.11:1.1","sn7.11:1.2","sn7.11:1.3","sn7.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā magadhesu viharati dakkhiṇāgirismiṁ ekanāḷāyaṁ brāhmaṇagāme.\nTena kho pana samayena kasibhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa pañcamattāni naṅgalasatāni payuttāni honti vappakāle.\nAtha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena kasibhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa kammanto tenupasaṅkami.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans in the Southern Hills near the brahmin village of Ekanāḷa.\nNow at that time the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Farmer had harnessed around five hundred plows, it being the season for sowing.\nThen the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to where Bhāradvāja the Farmer was working."}},{"id":"sn7.11:2","sourceIds":["sn7.11:2.1","sn7.11:2.2","sn7.11:2.3","sn7.11:2.4","sn7.11:2.5","sn7.11:2.6","sn7.11:2.7","sn7.11:2.8","sn7.11:2.9","sn7.11:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena kasibhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa parivesanā vattati.\nAtha kho bhagavā yena parivesanā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nAddasā kho kasibhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ piṇḍāya ṭhitaṁ.\nDisvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ahaṁ kho, samaṇa, kasāmi ca vapāmi ca, kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjāmi.\nTvampi, samaṇa, kasassu ca vapassu ca, kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjassū”ti.\n“Ahampi kho, brāhmaṇa, kasāmi ca vapāmi ca, kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjāmī”ti.\n“Na kho mayaṁ passāma bhoto gotamassa yugaṁ vā naṅgalaṁ vā phālaṁ vā pācanaṁ vā balībadde vā, atha ca pana bhavaṁ gotamo evamāha:\n‘ahampi kho, brāhmaṇa, kasāmi ca vapāmi ca, kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjāmī’”ti.\nAtha kho kasibhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Now at that time Bhāradvāja the Farmer was distributing food.\nThen the Buddha went to where the distribution was taking place and stood to one side.\nBhāradvāja the Farmer saw him standing for alms\nand said to him,\n“I plough and sow, ascetic, and then I eat.\nYou too should plough and sow, then you may eat.”\n“I too plough and sow, brahmin, and then I eat.”\n“I don’t see the worthy Gotama with a yoke or plow or plowshare or goad or oxen, yet he says:\n‘I too plough and sow, brahmin, and then I eat.’”\nThen Bhāradvāja the Farmer addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.11:3","sourceIds":["sn7.11:3.1","sn7.11:3.2","sn7.11:3.3","sn7.11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kassako paṭijānāsi,\nna ca passāmi te kasiṁ;\nKassako pucchito brūhi,\nkathaṁ jānemu taṁ kasin”ti.","en":"“You claim to be a farmer,\nbut I don’t see you farming.\nTell me how you’re a farmer when asked:\nhow am I to recognize your farming?”"}},{"id":"sn7.11:4","sourceIds":["sn7.11:4.1","sn7.11:4.2","sn7.11:4.3","sn7.11:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhā bījaṁ tapo vuṭṭhi,\npaññā me yuganaṅgalaṁ;\nHirī īsā mano yottaṁ,\nsati me phālapācanaṁ.","en":"“Faith is my seed, fervor my rain,\nand wisdom is my yoke and plough.\nConscience is my draft-pole, mind my strap,\nmindfulness my plowshare and goad."}},{"id":"sn7.11:5","sourceIds":["sn7.11:5.1","sn7.11:5.2","sn7.11:5.3","sn7.11:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāyagutto vacīgutto,\nāhāre udare yato;\nSaccaṁ karomi niddānaṁ,\nsoraccaṁ me pamocanaṁ.","en":"Guarded in body and speech,\nI restrict my intake of food.\nI use truth as my scythe,\nand gentleness is my release."}},{"id":"sn7.11:6","sourceIds":["sn7.11:6.1","sn7.11:6.2","sn7.11:6.3","sn7.11:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vīriyaṁ me dhuradhorayhaṁ,\nyogakkhemādhivāhanaṁ;\nGacchati anivattantaṁ,\nyattha gantvā na socati.","en":"Energy is my harnessed beast,\ntransporting me to sanctuary from the yoke.\nWithout turning back, it goes\nto where there is no sorrow."}},{"id":"sn7.11:7","sourceIds":["sn7.11:7.1","sn7.11:7.2","sn7.11:7.3","sn7.11:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamesā kasī kaṭṭhā,\nsā hoti amatapphalā;\nEtaṁ kasiṁ kasitvāna,\nsabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.","en":"That’s how to do the farming\nthat has freedom from death as its fruit.\nWhen you finish this farming\nyou’re released from all suffering.”"}},{"id":"sn7.11:8","sourceIds":["sn7.11:8.1","sn7.11:8.2","sn7.11:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhuñjatu bhavaṁ gotamo.\nKassako bhavaṁ.\nYañhi bhavaṁ gotamo amatapphalampi kasiṁ kasatī”ti.","en":"“May the worthy Gotama eat!\nThe worthy one is a farmer.\nFor the worthy Gotama does the farming that has freedom from death as its fruit.”"}},{"id":"sn7.11:9","sourceIds":["sn7.11:9.1","sn7.11:9.2","sn7.11:9.3","sn7.11:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gāthābhigītaṁ me abhojaneyyaṁ,\nSampassataṁ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo;\nGāthābhigītaṁ panudanti buddhā,\nDhamme sati brāhmaṇa vuttiresā.","en":"“Food enchanted by a verse isn’t fit for me to eat.\nThat’s not the principle of those who see, brahmin.\nThe Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses.\nSince there is such a principle, brahmin, that’s how they live."}},{"id":"sn7.11:10","sourceIds":["sn7.11:10.1","sn7.11:10.2","sn7.11:10.3","sn7.11:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññena ca kevalinaṁ mahesiṁ,\nKhīṇāsavaṁ kukkuccavūpasantaṁ;\nAnnena pānena upaṭṭhahassu,\nKhettañhi taṁ puññapekkhassa hotī”ti.","en":"Serve with other food and drink\nthe consummate one, the great seer,\nwith defilements ended and remorse stilled.\nFor he is the field for the seeker of merit.”"}},{"id":"sn7.11:11","sourceIds":["sn7.11:11.1","sn7.11:11.2","sn7.11:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, kasibhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\najjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Farmer said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.11/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}