ud2.10:0.1Heartfelt Sayings 2.10
ud2.10:0.2With Bhaddiya
ud2.10:1.1So I have heard.
ud2.10:1.2At one time the Buddha was staying near Anupiya in a mango grove.
ud2.10:1.3Now at that time, Venerable Bhaddiya son of Kāḷīgodhā, even in the wilderness, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling, frequently expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud2.10:1.4“Oh, what bliss! Oh, what bliss!”
ud2.10:2.1Several mendicants heard him
ud2.10:2.3and thought,
ud2.10:2.4“Without a doubt, Venerable Bhaddiya leads the spiritual life dissatisfied.
ud2.10:2.5It’s when recalling the pleasures of royalty he formerly enjoyed as a layperson that, even in the wilderness, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling, he frequently expresses this heartfelt sentiment:
ud2.10:2.6‘Oh, what bliss! Oh, what bliss!’”
ud2.10:3.1Then those mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening.
ud2.10:4.1So the Buddha addressed one of the monks,
ud2.10:4.2“Please, monk, in my name tell the mendicant Bhaddiya that
ud2.10:4.3the Teacher summons him.”
ud2.10:5.1“Yes, sir,” that monk replied. He went to Bhaddiya and said to him,
ud2.10:5.2“Reverend Bhaddiya, the Teacher summons you.”
ud2.10:5.3“Yes, reverend,” Bhaddiya replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:
ud2.10:6.1“Is it really true, Bhaddiya, that even in the wilderness, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling, you frequently express this heartfelt sentiment:
ud2.10:6.2‘Oh, what bliss! Oh, what bliss!’?”
ud2.10:6.3“Yes, sir.”
ud2.10:7.1“But why do you say this?”
ud2.10:7.3“Formerly, as a layperson ruling the land, my guard was well organized within and without the royal compound, within and without the city, and within and without the country.
ud2.10:7.4But although I was guarded and defended in this way, I remained fearful, scared, suspicious, and nervous.
ud2.10:7.5But these days, even when alone in the wilderness, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling, I’m not fearful, scared, suspicious, or nervous. I live relaxed, unruffled, surviving on charity, my heart free as a wild deer.
ud2.10:7.6It is for this reason that, even in the wilderness, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling, I frequently expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud2.10:7.7‘Oh, what bliss! Oh, what bliss!’”
ud2.10:8.1Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud2.10:9.1“They who hide no anger within,
ud2.10:9.2passed beyond any kind of existence;
ud2.10:9.3happy, free from fear and sorrow—
ud2.10:9.4even the gods can’t see them.”