Juñha Sutta — Moonlit
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interesting sutta to me
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Ud 4.4 PTS: Ud 39
Juñha Sutta: Moonlit
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
A cantankerous yakkha hits Ven. Sariputta over the head, and pays the price for his stupidity.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near RÄ�jagaha at the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels' Sanctuary. And on that occasion Ven. SÄ�riputta and Ven. MahÄ� MoggallÄ�na were staying in Pigeon Cave. Then, on a moonlit night, Ven. SÄ�riputta — his head newly shaven — was sitting in the open air, having attained a certain level of concentration.
And on that occasion two yakkhas who were companions were flying from north to south on some business or other. They saw Ven. SÄ�riputta — his head newly shaven — sitting in the open air. Seeing him, the first yakkha said to the second, "I'm inspired to give this contemplative a blow on the head."
When this was said, the second yakkha said to the first, "Enough of that, my good friend. Don't lay a hand on the contemplative. He's an outstanding contemplative, of great power & great might."
A second time, the first yakkha said to the second, "I'm inspired to give this contemplative a blow on the head."
A second time, the second yakkha said to the first, "Enough of that, my good friend. Don't lay a hand on the contemplative. He's an outstanding contemplative, of great power & great might."
A third time, the first yakkha said to the second, "I'm inspired to give this contemplative a blow on the head."
A third time, the second yakkha said to the first, "Enough of that, my good friend. Don't lay a hand on the contemplative. He's an outstanding contemplative, of great power & great might."
Then the first yakkha, ignoring the second yakkha, gave Ven. SÄ�riputta a blow on the head. And with that blow he might have knocked over an elephant seven or eight cubits tall, or split a great rocky crag. But right there the yakkha — yelling, "I'm burning!" — fell into the Great Hell.
Now, Ven. MoggallÄ�na — with his divine eye, pure and surpassing the human — saw the yakkha give Ven. SÄ�riputta a blow on the head. Seeing this, he went to Ven. SÄ�riputta and, on arrival, said to him, "I hope you are well, friend SÄ�riputta. I hope you are comfortable. I hope you are feeling no pain."
"I am well, friend Moggall�na. I am comfortable. But I do have a slight headache."
"How amazing, friend S�riputta! How astounding! How great your power & might! Just now a yakkha gave you a blow on the head. So great was that blow that he might have knocked over an elephant seven or eight cubits tall, or split a great rocky crag. But all you say is this: 'I am well, friend Moggall�na. I am comfortable. But I do have a slight headache'!"
"How amazing, friend Moggall�na! How astounding! How great your power & might! Where you saw a yakkha just now, I didn't even see a dust devil!"
The Blessed One — with the divine ear-property, pure and surpassing the human — heard those two great beings conversing in this way. Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:
Whose mind, standing like rock,
doesn't shake,
dispassionate for things that spark passion,
unprovoked by things that spark provocation:
When one's mind is developed like this,
from where can there come to him
suffering & stress?[1]
Note
1. A variant of this verse is attributed to Ven. Khitaka at Thag 2.36 (verses 191-192 in the PTS edition):
Whose mind, standing like rock,
doesn't shake,
dispassionate for things that spark passion,
unprovoked by things that spark provocation?
When one's mind is developed like this,
from where can there come to him
suffering & stress?
My mind, standing like rock,
doesn't shake,
dispassionate for things that spark passion,
unprovoked by things that spark provocation.
When my mind is developed like this,
from where can there come to me
suffering & stress?