{"id":"sn7.7","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Pure","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.7","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Pure","units":[{"id":"sn7.7:0","sourceIds":["sn7.7:0.1","sn7.7:0.2","sn7.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.7\n1. Arahantavagga\nSuddhikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.7\n1. The Perfected Ones\nWith Bhāradvāja the Pure"}},{"id":"sn7.7:1","sourceIds":["sn7.7:1.1","sn7.7:1.2","sn7.7:1.3","sn7.7:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Pure went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,\nand spoke this verse in his presence:"}},{"id":"sn7.7:2","sourceIds":["sn7.7:2.1","sn7.7:2.2","sn7.7:2.3","sn7.7:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na brāhmaṇo sujjhati koci,\nLoke sīlavāpi tapokaraṁ;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nSo sujjhati na aññā itarā pajā”ti.","en":"“No brahmin in the world is ever purified\neven though he’s ethical and mortifies himself.\nBut one accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nis purified, not these other commoners.”"}},{"id":"sn7.7:3","sourceIds":["sn7.7:3.1","sn7.7:3.2","sn7.7:3.3","sn7.7:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bahumpi palapaṁ jappaṁ,\nna jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo;\nAntokasambu saṅkiliṭṭho,\nkuhanaṁ upanissito.","en":"“Even one who mutters many prayers\nis no brahmin by birth\nif they’re filthy and corrupt within,\nsupporting themselves by fawning."}},{"id":"sn7.7:4","sourceIds":["sn7.7:4.1","sn7.7:4.2","sn7.7:4.3","sn7.7:4.4","sn7.7:4.5","sn7.7:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khattiyo brāhmaṇo vesso,\nSuddo caṇḍālapukkuso;\nĀraddhavīriyo pahitatto,\nNiccaṁ daḷhaparakkamo;\nPappoti paramaṁ suddhiṁ,\nEvaṁ jānāhi brāhmaṇā”ti.","en":"Regardless of whether you’re an aristocrat,\na brahmin, peasant, menial, or a corpse-worker or scavenger—\nif you’re energetic and resolute,\nalways staunchly vigorous,\nyou’ll attain ultimate purity.\nKnow that for a fact, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn7.7:5","sourceIds":["sn7.7:5.1","sn7.7:5.2","sn7.7:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\naññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Pure said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama …” …\nAnd Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.7/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."}