{"id":"thag7.2","title":"Bhaddiya the Dwarf","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag7.2","title":"Bhaddiya the Dwarf","units":[{"id":"thag7.2:0","sourceIds":["thag7.2:0.1","thag7.2:0.2","thag7.2:0.3","thag7.2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 7.2\nSattakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nLakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 7.2\nThe Book of the Sevens\nChapter One\nBhaddiya the Dwarf"}},{"id":"thag7.2:1","sourceIds":["thag7.2:1.1","thag7.2:1.2","thag7.2:1.3","thag7.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pare ambāṭakārāme,\nvanasaṇḍamhi bhaddiyo;\nSamūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,\ntattha bhaddova jhāyati.","en":"Bhaddiya has plucked out craving, root and all,\nand in a jungle thicket\non the far side of the Wild Mango Monastery,\nhe practices absorption; he is truly well-favored."}},{"id":"thag7.2:2","sourceIds":["thag7.2:2.1","thag7.2:2.2","thag7.2:2.3","thag7.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ramanteke mudiṅgehi,\nvīṇāhi paṇavehi ca;\nAhañca rukkhamūlasmiṁ,\nrato buddhassa sāsane.","en":"Some delight in clay drums,\nin arched harps, and in cymbals.\nBut here, at the foot of a tree,\nI delight in the Buddha’s teaching."}},{"id":"thag7.2:3","sourceIds":["thag7.2:3.1","thag7.2:3.2","thag7.2:3.3","thag7.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Buddho ce me varaṁ dajjā,\nso ca labbhetha me varo;\nGaṇhehaṁ sabbalokassa,\nniccaṁ kāyagataṁ satiṁ.","en":"If the Buddha were to grant me one wish,\nand I were to get what I wished for,\nI’d choose for the whole world\nconstant mindfulness of the body."}},{"id":"thag7.2:4","sourceIds":["thag7.2:4.1","thag7.2:4.2","thag7.2:4.3","thag7.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye maṁ rūpena pāmiṁsu,\nye ca ghosena anvagū;\nChandarāgavasūpetā,\nna maṁ jānanti te janā.","en":"Those who’ve judged me on appearance,\nand those swayed by my voice,\nare full of desire and greed;\nthey don’t know me."}},{"id":"thag7.2:5","sourceIds":["thag7.2:5.1","thag7.2:5.2","thag7.2:5.3","thag7.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattañca na jānāti,\nbahiddhā ca na passati;\nSamantāvaraṇo bālo,\nsa ve ghosena vuyhati.","en":"Not knowing what’s inside,\nnor seeing what’s outside,\nthe fool shut in on every side,\ngets carried away by a voice."}},{"id":"thag7.2:6","sourceIds":["thag7.2:6.1","thag7.2:6.2","thag7.2:6.3","thag7.2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattañca na jānāti,\nbahiddhā ca vipassati;\nBahiddhā phaladassāvī,\nsopi ghosena vuyhati.","en":"Not knowing what’s inside,\nbut discerning what’s outside,\nseeing the fruit outside,\nthey’re also carried away by a voice."}},{"id":"thag7.2:7","sourceIds":["thag7.2:7.1","thag7.2:7.2","thag7.2:7.3","thag7.2:7.4","thag7.2:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattañca pajānāti,\nbahiddhā ca vipassati;\nAnāvaraṇadassāvī,\nna so ghosena vuyhatī”ti.\n… Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo thero ….","en":"Understanding what’s inside,\nand discerning what’s outside,\nof unhindered vision,\nthey don’t get carried away by a voice."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag7.2/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."}