{"id":"ud2.5","title":"A Lay Follower","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud2.5","title":"A Lay Follower","units":[{"id":"ud2.5:0","sourceIds":["ud2.5:0.1","ud2.5:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 2.5\nUpāsakasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 2.5\nA Lay Follower"}},{"id":"ud2.5:1","sourceIds":["ud2.5:1.1","ud2.5:1.2","ud2.5:1.3","ud2.5:1.4","ud2.5:1.5","ud2.5:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena aññataro icchānaṅgalako upāsako sāvatthiṁ anuppatto hoti kenacideva karaṇīyena.\nAtha kho so upāsako sāvatthiyaṁ taṁ karaṇīyaṁ tīretvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho taṁ upāsakaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“cirassaṁ kho tvaṁ, upāsaka, imaṁ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṁ idhāgamanāyā”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time a certain lay follower from Icchānaṅgalaka arrived at Sāvatthī on some business.\nHaving concluded his business in Sāvatthī he went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side.\nThe Buddha said this to him:\n“It’s been a long time, lay follower, since you took the opportunity to come here.”"}},{"id":"ud2.5:2","sourceIds":["ud2.5:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cirapaṭikāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo, api cāhaṁ kehici kehici kiccakaraṇīyehi byāvaṭo. Evāhaṁ nāsakkhiṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamitun”ti.","en":"“For a long time I’ve wanted to come and see the Buddha, but I wasn’t able, being prevented by my many duties and responsibilities.”"}},{"id":"ud2.5:3","sourceIds":["ud2.5:3.1"],"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":"ud2.5:4","sourceIds":["ud2.5:4.1","ud2.5:4.2","ud2.5:4.3","ud2.5:4.4","ud2.5:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukhaṁ vata tassa na hoti kiñci,\nSaṅkhātadhammassa bahussutassa;\nSakiñcanaṁ passa vihaññamānaṁ,\nJano janasmiṁ paṭibandharūpo”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"“One who has nothing is happy indeed,\na learned person who has appraised the teaching.\nSee how troubled are those with attachments,\na person bound tight to people.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud2.5/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."}