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Linked Discourses 7.5 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.5

1. The Perfected Ones – 1. Arahantavagga

SN 7.5 Harmless – Ahiṁsakasutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.

Atha kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said,

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“I am Harmless, Master Gotama, I am Harmless!”

“ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotama, ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotamā”ti.

“If you were really like your name,

“Yathā nāmaṁ tathā cassa,

then you’d be Harmless.

siyā kho tvaṁ ahiṁsako;

But a truly harmless person

Yo ca kāyena vācāya,

does no harm by way of

manasā ca na hiṁsati;

body, speech, or mind;

Sa ve ahiṁsako hoti,

they don’t harm anyone else.”

yo paraṁ na vihiṁsatī”ti.

When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless said to the Buddha,

Evaṁ vutte, ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Excellent, Master Gotama! …” …

“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…

abbhaññāsi.

And Venerable Bhāradvāja the Harmless became one of the perfected.

Aññataro ca panāyasmā ahiṁsakabhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.