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7. The Minor Chapter 1. The First Discourse on Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya 61. Thus have I heard: At one time the Blessed One was staying at Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. At that time, the Venerable Sāriputta was instructing, urging, inspiring, and gladdening the Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya with a Dhamma talk in various ways. Then, as the Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya was being instructed, urged, inspired, and gladdened by the Venerable Sāriputta with a Dhamma talk in various ways, his mind was liberated from the taints, without clinging. The Blessed One saw the Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, whose mind had been liberated from the taints, without clinging, as he was being instructed, urged, inspired, and gladdened by the Venerable Sāriputta with a Dhamma talk in various ways. Then, having understood this matter, the Blessed One, on that occasion, uttered this inspired utterance: “Released above, below, everywhere, Not seeing ‘I am this’; Thus liberated, he crossed the flood, Never crossed before, for no more becoming.” The First. 2. The Second Discourse on Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya 62. Thus have I heard: At one time the Blessed One was staying at Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. At that time, the Venerable Sāriputta, thinking the Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya was a trainee, was instructing, urging, inspiring, and gladdening him even more with a Dhamma talk in various ways. The Blessed One saw the Venerable Sāriputta instructing, urging, inspiring, and gladdening the Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya even more with a Dhamma talk in various ways, thinking he was a trainee. Then, having understood this matter, the Blessed One, on that occasion, uttered this inspired utterance: “Acc The circle is cut, gone, without hope, The dried-up river does not flow; The cut circle does not turn, This is the end of suffering. Second. 3. The First Discourse on Attachment Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. Now at that time, the people of Sāvatthī were for the most part excessively attached, enamored, greedy, infatuated, obsessed, and intoxicated with sensual pleasures. Then a number of bhikkhus, having dressed in the morning and taken their bowls and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having wandered for alms in Sāvatthī, after their meal, on their return from their alms round, they approached the Blessed One; having approached, they paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. Seated to one side, those bhikkhus said to the Blessed One: "Here, venerable sir, the people of Sāvatthī are for the most part excessively attached, enamored, greedy, infatuated, obsessed, and intoxicated with sensual pleasures." Then the Blessed One, understanding this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance: Attached to sensual pleasures, attached to the fetter of sensuality, Not seeing the danger in the fetter; Never indeed will those attached to the fetter, Cross the vast, great flood. Third. 4. The Second Discourse on Attachment Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. Now at that time, the people of Sāvatthī were for the most part attached, enamored, greedy, infatuated, obsessed, blinded, and intoxicated with sensual pleasures. Then the Blessed One, having dressed in the morning and taken his bowl and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms. He saw Now the Blessed One saw those people in Savatthi mostly living in sensual pleasures, attached, infatuated, greedy, bound, obsessed, blinded, intoxicated by sensual pleasures. Then the Blessed One, knowing this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance: Blinded by desires, covered by a net, veiled by the covering of craving; Bound by the bond of heedlessness, like fish in the mouth of a trap; They go to old age and death, like a calf to its mother. Fourth. 5. The Sutta on Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya 65. Thus have I heard – At one time the Blessed One was staying in Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time the Venerable Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya was approaching the Blessed One, walking behind many bhikkhus. The Blessed One saw the Venerable Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya from afar, coming behind many bhikkhus, ill-favored, ill-looking, dwarfish, mostly despised by the bhikkhus. Having seen him, he addressed the bhikkhus: "Do you see, bhikkhus, that bhikkhu coming from afar behind many bhikkhus, ill-favored, ill-looking, dwarfish, mostly despised by the bhikkhus?" "Yes, venerable sir." "That bhikkhu, bhikkhus, is mighty and greatly powerful. There is no easy attainment that has not been attained by that bhikkhu. For the sake of which good families rightly go forth from the home life into homelessness, that unsurpassed culmination of the holy life, he has realized for himself through direct knowledge, in this very life, and dwells having attained it." Then the Blessed One, knowing this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance: Without a pole, with a white canopy, a single-wheeled chariot rolls on; See him coming, free from trouble, with the stream cut, unbound. Fifth. 6. The Sutta on the Destruction of Craving 66. Thus Thus have I heard – at one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time, the venerable Aññāsikoṇḍañña was sitting not far from the Blessed One, having folded his legs crosswise, having set his body erect, contemplating the liberation through the destruction of craving. The Blessed One saw the venerable Aññāsikoṇḍañña sitting not far away, having folded his legs crosswise, having set his body erect, contemplating the liberation through the destruction of craving. Then, having understood this matter, the Blessed One on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance: "For whom no root is in the ground, No leaves, how then a creeper? That wise one, freed from bonds, Who can blame him? Even devas praise him, He is praised even by Brahmā." The sixth. 7. The Discourse on the Destruction of Proliferation. 67. Thus have I heard – at one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time, the Blessed One was sitting, contemplating the abandoning of his own proliferation of perceptions and concepts. Then, having understood his own abandoning of the proliferation of perceptions and concepts, the Blessed One on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance: "For whom proliferation and fixity do not exist, Who has gone beyond fetters and cross-bars; That craving-free sage, wandering, Even the world with its devas does not despise." The seventh. 8. The Discourse on Kaccāna. 68. Thus have I heard – at one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time, the venerable Mahākaccāna was sitting not far from the Blessed One, having folded his legs crosswise, having set his body erect, with mindfulness of the body well established internally, before him. The Blessed One saw the venerable Mahākaccāna sitting not far away, having folded his legs crosswise, having set his body erect, with mindfulness of the body well established internally, before him. Then, having understood this matter, the Blessed One on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance: He uttered this verse: “If one has mindfulness always, Constantly fixed on the body; And there is no ‘it was not’ and ‘it was not mine,’ No ‘it will not be’ and ‘it will not be mine;’ Progressively dwelling there, In time, he will cross over attachment.” 9. The Well Sutta Thus have I heard: On one occasion the Blessed One was touring among the Mallas with a large Saṅgha of bhikkhus, and he arrived at a brahmin village of the Mallas named Thūṇa. The brahmin householders of Thūṇa heard: “Indeed, good sirs, the ascetic Gotama, a Sakyan son, gone forth from the Sakyan clan, is touring among the Mallas with a large Saṅgha of bhikkhus, and he has arrived at Thūṇa.” So those brahmin householders of Thūṇa filled the well with grass and chaff up to its mouth, thinking: “May these shaven-headed ascetics not drink water!” Then the Blessed One turned aside from the road and approached a certain tree root; having approached, he sat down on the seat prepared. Having sat down, the Blessed One addressed Venerable Ānanda: “Come, Ānanda, bring me some water from that well.” When this was said, Venerable Ānanda said to the Blessed One: “Just now, Bhante, that well was filled up to its mouth with grass and chaff by the brahmin householders of Thūṇa, thinking: ‘May these shaven-headed ascetics not drink water!’” A second time… A third time the Blessed One addressed Venerable Ānanda: “Come, Ānanda, bring me some water from that well.” “Yes, Bhante,” Venerable Ānanda replied to the Blessed One, and taking his bowl, he approached that well. Then, as Venerable Ānanda approached, that well, as if disgorging all that grass and chaff from its mouth, stood filled to its mouth with clear, unclouded, perfectly limpid water, overflowing, as it were. Then to Venerable Ānanda This thought arose: "Wonderful indeed, sirs, amazing indeed, sirs, is the Tathāgata's great power, great might! For this well, as I approached it, having discharged all that grass and chaff from its mouth, stood, as it were, filled to the brim with clear, undisturbed, very pure water, overflowing!" Taking water in his bowl, he approached the Blessed One; having approached, he said to the Blessed One: "Wonderful, venerable sir, amazing, venerable sir, is the Tathāgata's great power, great might! For this well, venerable sir, as I approached it, having discharged all that grass and chaff from its mouth, stood, as it were, filled to the brim with clear, undisturbed, very pure water, overflowing! Let the Blessed One drink water, let the Fortunate One drink water."