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URAGAVAGGA.
7. VASALASUTTA. The Brahmana Aggikabhâradväga is converted by Buddha, after hearing his definition of an outcast, illustrated by the story of Mâtanga, told in the Mâtangagâtaka. Comp. Sp. Hardy, The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists, p. 49.- Text and translation in Alwis's Buddhist Nirvâna, p. 119. So it was heard by me:
At one time Bhagavat dwelt at Sâvatthi, in Getavana, in the park of Anâthapindika. Then Bhagavat having put on his raiment in the morning, and having taken his bowland his robes, entered Sâvatthi for alms.
Now at that time in the house of the Brâhmana Aggikabhâradväga the fire was blazing, the offering brought forth. Then Bhagavat going for alms from house to house in Sâvatthi went to the house of the Brâhmana Aggikabhâradvâga. The Brâhmana Aggikabhâradvậga saw Bhagavat coming at a distance, and seeing him he said this : 'Stay there, O Shaveling; (stay) there, O Samanaka (i.e. wretched Samana); (stay) there, O Vasalaka (i. e. outcast)!
This having been said, Bhagavat replied to the Brâhmana Aggikabhâradvâga : 'Dost thou know, O Brâhmana, an outcast, or the things that make an outcast ?'
'No, O venerable Gotama, I do not know an outcast, or the things that make an outcast; let the venerable Gotama teach me this so well that I may know an outcast, or the things that make an outcast.
Listen then, O Brâhmana, attend carefully, I will tell (thee).'
Even so, O venerable one,' so the Brâhmana Aggikabhâradvâga replied to Bhagavat.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |