{"id":"ud1.4","title":"The Mystic Syllable Huṁ","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud1.4","title":"The Mystic Syllable Huṁ","units":[{"id":"ud1.4:0","sourceIds":["ud1.4:0.1","ud1.4:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 1.4\nHuṁhuṅkasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 1.4\nThe Mystic Syllable Huṁ"}},{"id":"ud1.4:1","sourceIds":["ud1.4:1.1","ud1.4:1.2","ud1.4:1.3","ud1.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā sattāhaṁ ekapallaṅkena nisinno hoti vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.\nAtha kho bhagavā tassa sattāhassa accayena tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhāsi.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.\nThere the Buddha sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom.\nWhen seven days had passed, the Buddha emerged from that state of immersion."}},{"id":"ud1.4:2","sourceIds":["ud1.4:2.1","ud1.4:2.2","ud1.4:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aññataro huṁhuṅkajātiko brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kittāvatā nu kho, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo hoti, katame ca pana brāhmaṇakaraṇā dhammā”ti?","en":"Then a certain brahmin, one of those who murmured the mystic syllable huṁ, huṁ, went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he stood to one side and said,\n“Worthy Gotama, how do you define a brahmin? And what are the things that make one a brahmin?”"}},{"id":"ud1.4:3","sourceIds":["ud1.4:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud1.4:4","sourceIds":["ud1.4:4.1","ud1.4:4.2","ud1.4:4.3","ud1.4:4.4","ud1.4:4.5","ud1.4:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo brāhmaṇo bāhitapāpadhammo,\nNihuṁhuṅko nikkasāvo yatatto;\nVedantagū vūsitabrahmacariyo,\nDhammena so brahmavādaṁ vadeyya;\nYassussadā natthi kuhiñci loke”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Any brahmin who has banished bad qualities—\nnot murmuring the mystic syllable huṁ, unstained, self-controlled,\na complete knowledge master who has completed the spiritual journey—\nthey may legitimately proclaim the divine doctrine;\nwho have no pretensions about anything in the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud1.4/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."}