ud7.1:0.1Heartfelt Sayings 7.1
ud7.1:0.2Bhaddiya the Dwarf (1st)
ud7.1:1.1So I have heard.
ud7.1:1.2At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
ud7.1:1.3Now at that time Venerable Sāriputta was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring Venerable Bhaddiya the Dwarf in many ways with a Dhamma talk.
ud7.1:2.1Then after being taught like this Bhaddiya’s mind was freed from defilements by not grasping.
ud7.1:3.1The Buddha saw what had happened.
ud7.1:4.1Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud7.1:5.1“Above, below, everywhere free,
ud7.1:5.2not contemplating ‘I am this’.
ud7.1:5.3Freed like this, he has crossed the flood
ud7.1:5.4not crossed before, so as to not be reborn.”