{"id":"sn7.3","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Fiend","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.3","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Fiend","units":[{"id":"sn7.3:0","sourceIds":["sn7.3:0.1","sn7.3:0.2","sn7.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.3\n1. Arahantavagga\nAsurindakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.3\n1. The Perfected Ones\nWith Bhāradvāja the Fiend"}},{"id":"sn7.3:1","sourceIds":["sn7.3:1.1","sn7.3:1.2","sn7.3:1.3","sn7.3:1.4","sn7.3:1.5","sn7.3:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nAssosi kho asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo:\n“bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo kira samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito”ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ asabbhāhi pharusāhi vācāhi akkosati paribhāsati.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhagavā tuṇhī ahosi.\nAtha kho asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“jitosi, samaṇa, jitosi, samaṇā”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nThe brahmin Bhāradvāja the Fiend heard a rumor to the effect that\na brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan had gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the presence of the ascetic Gotama. Angry and displeased he went to the Buddha and abused and insulted him with rude, harsh words.\nBut when he said this, the Buddha kept silent.\nThen Bhāradvāja the Fiend said to the Buddha,\n“You’re beaten, ascetic, you’re beaten!”"}},{"id":"sn7.3:2","sourceIds":["sn7.3:2.1","sn7.3:2.2","sn7.3:2.3","sn7.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jayaṁ ve maññati bālo,\nvācāya pharusaṁ bhaṇaṁ;\nJayañcevassa taṁ hoti,\nyā titikkhā vijānato.","en":"“‘Ha! I won!’ thinks the fool,\nwhen speaking with harsh words.\nThe victory for one who understands\nis that very endurance."}},{"id":"sn7.3:3","sourceIds":["sn7.3:3.1","sn7.3:3.2","sn7.3:3.3","sn7.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasseva tena pāpiyo,\nyo kuddhaṁ paṭikujjhati;\nKuddhaṁ appaṭikujjhanto,\nsaṅgāmaṁ jeti dujjayaṁ.","en":"When you get angry at an angry person\nyou just make things worse for yourself.\nWhen you don’t get angry at an angry person\nyou win a battle hard to win."}},{"id":"sn7.3:4","sourceIds":["sn7.3:4.1","sn7.3:4.2","sn7.3:4.3","sn7.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubhinnamatthaṁ carati,\nattano ca parassa ca;\nParaṁ saṅkupitaṁ ñatvā,\nyo sato upasammati.","en":"When you know that the other is angry,\nyou act for the good of both\nyourself and the other\nif you’re mindful and stay calm."}},{"id":"sn7.3:5","sourceIds":["sn7.3:5.1","sn7.3:5.2","sn7.3:5.3","sn7.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubhinnaṁ tikicchantānaṁ,\nattano ca parassa ca;\nJanā maññanti bāloti,\nye dhammassa akovidā”ti.","en":"People inexpert in Dhamma\nconsider one who heals both\noneself and the other\nto be a fool.”"}},{"id":"sn7.3:6","sourceIds":["sn7.3:6.1","sn7.3:6.2","sn7.3:6.3","sn7.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nabbhaññāsi.\nAññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.","en":"When he had spoken, Bhāradvāja the Fiend said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …\nAnd Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.3/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."}