Ahiṁsakasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.5

Linked Discourses 7.5

1. Arahantavagga

1. The Perfected Ones

Ahiṁsakasutta

Harmless

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Yathā nāmaṁ tathā cassa,

“If you were really like your name,

siyā kho tvaṁ ahiṁsako;

then you’d be Harmless.

Yo ca kāyena vācāya,

But a truly harmless person

manasā ca na hiṁsati;

does no harm by way of

Sa ve ahiṁsako hoti,

body, speech, or mind;

yo paraṁ na vihiṁsatī”ti.

they don’t harm anyone else.”

Evaṁ vutte, ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

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

“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…

“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …

abbhaññāsi.

Aññataro ca panāyasmā ahiṁsakabhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.

And Venerable Bhāradvāja the Harmless became one of the perfected.