Dīghalaṭṭhisutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.13

Linked Discourses 2.13

2. Anāthapiṇḍikavagga

2. With Anāthapiṇḍika

Dīghalaṭṭhisutta

With Dīghalaṭṭhi

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

Atha kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ veḷuvanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Then, late at night, the glorious godling Dīghalaṭṭhi, lighting up the entire Bamboo Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,

“If a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind,

Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;

and if they desire the heart’s fulfillment—

Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,

having known the arising and passing of the world,

Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.

good-hearted, independent, that is their reward.”