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Linked Discourses 7.2 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.2
1. The Perfected Ones – 1. Arahantavagga
SN 7.2 The Abuser – Akkosasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.
The brahmin Bhāradvāja the Rude heard a rumor that
Assosi kho akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo:
a brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan had gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the presence of the ascetic Gotama. Angry and displeased he went to the Buddha and abused and insulted him with rude, harsh words. When he had spoken, the Buddha said to him:
“bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito”ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ asabbhāhi pharusāhi vācāhi akkosati paribhāsati. Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā akkosakabhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca:
“What do you think, brahmin?
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, brāhmaṇa,
Do friends and colleagues, relatives and family members, and guests still come to visit you?”
api nu kho te āgacchanti mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā atithiyo”ti?
“Sometimes they do, Master Gotama.”
“Appekadā me, bho gotama, āgacchanti mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā atithiyo”ti.
“Do you then serve them with a variety of foods and savories?”
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, brāhmaṇa, api nu tesaṁ anuppadesi khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sāyanīyaṁ vā”ti?
“Sometimes I do.”
“Appekadā nesāhaṁ, bho gotama, anuppademi khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sāyanīyaṁ vā”ti.
“But if they don’t accept it, brahmin, who does it belong to?”
“Sace kho pana te, brāhmaṇa, nappaṭiggaṇhanti, kassa taṁ hotī”ti?
“In that case it still belongs to me.”
“Sace te, bho gotama, nappaṭiggaṇhanti, amhākameva taṁ hotī”ti.
“In the same way, brahmin, when you abuse, harass, and attack us who do not abuse, harass, and attack, we don’t accept it.
“Evameva kho, brāhmaṇa, yaṁ tvaṁ amhe anakkosante akkosasi, arosente rosesi, abhaṇḍante bhaṇḍasi, taṁ te mayaṁ nappaṭiggaṇhāma.
It still belongs to you, brahmin,
Tavevetaṁ, brāhmaṇa, hoti;
it still belongs to you!
tavevetaṁ, brāhmaṇa, hoti.
Someone who, when abused, harassed, and attacked, abuses, harasses, and attacks in return is said to eat the food and have a reaction to it.
Yo kho, brāhmaṇa, akkosantaṁ paccakkosati, rosentaṁ paṭiroseti, bhaṇḍantaṁ paṭibhaṇḍati, ayaṁ vuccati, brāhmaṇa, sambhuñjati vītiharatīti.
But we neither eat your food nor do we have a reaction to it.
Te mayaṁ tayā neva sambhuñjāma na vītiharāma.
It still belongs to you, brahmin,
Tavevetaṁ, brāhmaṇa, hoti;
it still belongs to you!”
tavevetaṁ, brāhmaṇa, hotī”ti.
“The king and his retinue believe that Master Gotama is
“Bhavantaṁ kho gotamaṁ sarājikā parisā evaṁ jānāti:
a perfected one.
‘arahaṁ samaṇo gotamo’ti.
And yet he still gets angry.”
Atha ca pana bhavaṁ gotamo kujjhatī”ti.
“For one free of anger, tamed, living in balance,
“Akkodhassa kuto kodho,
freed by right knowledge,
dantassa samajīvino;
a poised one who is at peace:
Sammadaññā vimuttassa,
where would anger come from?
upasantassa tādino.
When you get angry at an angry person
Tasseva tena pāpiyo,
you just make things worse for yourself.
yo kuddhaṁ paṭikujjhati;
When you don’t get angry at an angry person
Kuddhaṁ appaṭikujjhanto,
you win a battle hard to win.
saṅgāmaṁ jeti dujjayaṁ.
When you know that the other is angry,
Ubhinnamatthaṁ carati,
you act for the good of both
attano ca parassa ca;
yourself and the other
Paraṁ saṅkupitaṁ ñatvā,
if you’re mindful and stay calm.
yo sato upasammati.
People unfamiliar with the teaching
Ubhinnaṁ tikicchantānaṁ,
consider one who heals both
attano ca parassa ca;
oneself and the other
Janā maññanti bāloti,
to be a fool.”
ye dhammassa akovidā”ti.
When he had spoken, Bhāradvāja the Rude said to the Buddha,
Evaṁ vutte, akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“Excellent, Master Gotama! …
“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
I go for refuge to Master Gotama, to the teaching, and to the bhikkhu Saṅgha.
esāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.
Sir, may I receive the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence?”
Labheyyāhaṁ, bhante, bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyaṁ upasampadan”ti.
And the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Rude received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.
Alattha kho akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, alattha upasampadaṁ.
Not long after his ordination, Venerable Bhāradvāja the Rude, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme end of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.
Acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā akkosakabhāradvājo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.
He understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is no return to any state of existence.”
“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.
And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.
Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.