मधुपिण्डिकसुत्तं

एवं मे सुतं – एकं समयं भगवा सक्‍केसु विहरति कपिलवत्थुस्मिं निग्रोधारामे। अथ खो भगवा पुब्बण्हसमयं निवासेत्वा पत्तचीवरमादाय कपिलवत्थुं पिण्डाय पाविसि। कपिलवत्थुस्मिं पिण्डाय चरित्वा पच्छाभत्तं पिण्डपातपटिक्‍कन्तो येन महावनं तेनुपसङ्कमि दिवाविहाराय। महावनं अज्झोगाहेत्वा बेलुवलट्ठिकाय मूले दिवाविहारं निसीदि। दण्डपाणिपि खो सक्‍को जङ्घाविहारं [जङ्घविहारं (क॰)] अनुचङ्कममानो अनुविचरमानो येन महावनं तेनुपसङ्कमि। महावनं अज्झोगाहेत्वा येन बेलुवलट्ठिका येन भगवा तेनुपसङ्कमि; उपसङ्कमित्वा भगवता सद्धिं सम्मोदि। सम्मोदनीयं कथं सारणीयं वीतिसारेत्वा दण्डमोलुब्भ एकमन्तं अट्ठासि। एकमन्तं ठितो खो दण्डपाणि सक्‍को भगवन्तं एतदवोच – ‘‘किंवादी समणो किमक्खायी’’ति? ‘‘यथावादी खो, आवुसो, सदेवके लोके समारके सब्रह्मके सस्समणब्राह्मणिया पजाय सदेवमनुस्साय न केनचि लोके विग्गय्ह तिट्ठति, यथा च पन कामेहि विसंयुत्तं विहरन्तं तं ब्राह्मणं अकथंकथिं छिन्‍नकुक्‍कुच्‍चं भवाभवे वीततण्हं सञ्‍ञा नानुसेन्ति – एवंवादी खो अहं, आवुसो, एवमक्खायी’’ति।
‘‘एवं वुत्ते दण्डपाणि सक्‍को सीसं ओकम्पेत्वा , जिव्हं निल्‍लाळेत्वा, तिविसाखं नलाटिकं नलाटे वुट्ठापेत्वा दण्डमोलुब्भ पक्‍कामि।


I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was living among the Sakyans near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Park. Then in the early morning, having put on his robes and carrying his bowl & outer robe, he went into Kapilavatthu for alms. Having gone for alms in Kapilavatthu, after the meal, returning from his alms round, he went to the Great Wood for the day's abiding. Plunging into the Great Wood, he sat down at the root of a bilva sapling for the day's abiding.


Dandapani ("Stick-in-hand") the Sakyan, out roaming & rambling for exercise, also went to the Great Wood. Plunging into the Great Wood, he went to where the Blessed One was under the bilva sapling. On arrival, he exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, he stood to one side. As he was standing there, he said to the Blessed One, "What is the contemplative's doctrine? What does he proclaim?"


"The sort of doctrine, friend, where one does not keep quarreling with anyone in the cosmos with its devas, Maras, & Brahmas, with its contemplatives & priests, its royalty & commonfolk; the sort [of doctrine] where perceptions no longer obsess the brahman who remains dissociated from sensuality, free from perplexity, his uncertainty cut away, devoid of craving for becoming & non-. Such is my doctrine, such is what I proclaim."



When this was said, Dandapani the Sakyan — shaking his head, wagging his tongue, raising his eyebrows so that his forehead was wrinkled in three furrows — left, leaning on his stick.


Coutsey: from "Madhupindika Sutta: The Ball of Honey" (MN 18), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, June 14, 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.018.than.html.