Table of Contents
Hatthaka Sutta 3
The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra
6
With the Stand-less Verse Commentary
of the Venerable Master Hsüan Hua 6
Himavanta Sutta 15
Hiri Sutta 16
Conscience 16
Hiri Sutta 17
Hita Sutta 18
Iddhipada Vibhanga Sutta 19
Ina Sutta 24
Indriya Vibhanga Sutta 28
Indriyabhavana Sutta 31
The Buddha Speaks of the Infinite Life Sutra of Adornment, Purity, Equality and Enlightenment of the Mahayana School 42
Isidatta Sutta 95
Isigilisuttam 99
Issattha Sutta 102
Ittha Sutta 105
Jaliya Sutta 107
Jara Sutta 109
Jara Sutta 111
Jata Sutta 113
Jhana Sutta 115
Jiivaka Sutta 117
Jinna Sutta 120
Jivaka Sutta 122
Juseige 124
Kaayagataasatisuttam 126
Kaccayanagotta Sutta 136
Kakacupama Sutta 138
Kaladana Sutta 145
Kalahavivada Sutta 146
The Kalama Sutra 149
Kalama Sutra 156
Kalama Sutta, Help Us! 163
A Look at the Kalama Sutta 173
Kama Sutta 179
Kammavaranata Sutta 180
Kannakatthala Sutta 181
Karaniya Metta Sutta 191
Karaniya Mettá Sutta 193
Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta 195
Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta 199
Kathavatthu Sutta 203
Katuviya Sutta 205
Kayagata Sati Sutta 207
Kayasakkhi Sutta 220
Kesi Sutta 221
Kevatta Sutta 224
Khaggavisana Sutta 254
Khandha Sutta 259
Khuddaka Pátha 261
Mangala Sutta 262
Tirokudda Sutta 264
Nidhikanda Sutta 266
Kimattha Sutta 268
Kimila Sutta 271
Kimsila Sutta 273
Kindada Sutta 275
Kintisuttam 276
Kitágirisutta 281
Kucchivikara-vatthu 290
Kukkuravatika Sutta 294
Kula Sutta 300
Kusita Arambhavatthu Sutta 301
Kuta Sutta 306
Introduction to the Kutadanta Sutta 308
Kutadanta Sutta 323
Hatthaka Sutta To Hatthaka On Sleeping Well in the Cold Forest
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Alavi on a spread of leaves by a cattle track in a simsapa forest. Then Hatthaka of Alavi, out roaming and rambling for exercise, saw the Blessed One sitting on a spread of leaves by the cattle track in the simsapa forest. On seeing him, he went to him and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, "Lord, I hope the Blessed One has slept in ease."
"Yes, young man. I have slept in ease. Of those in the world who sleep in ease, I am one."
"But cold, lord, is the winter night. The 'Between-the-Eights' [1] is a time of snowfall. Hard is the ground trampled by cattle hooves. Thin is the spread of leaves. Sparse are the leaves in the trees. Thin are your ochre robes. And cold blows the Verandah wind. Yet still the Blessed One says, 'Yes, young man. I have slept in ease. Of those in the world who sleep in ease, I am one.'"
"In that case, young man, I will question you in return. Answer as you see fit. Now, what do you think: Suppose a householder or householder's son has a house with a gabled roof, plastered inside and out, draft-free, with close-fitting door and windows shut against the wind. Inside he has a horse-hair couch spread with a long-fleeced coverlet, a white wool coverlet, an embroidered coverlet, a rug of kadali-deer hide, with a canopy above, and red cushions on either side. And there a lamp would be burning, and his four wives, with their many charms, would be attending to him. Would he sleep in ease, or not? Or how does this strike you?"
"Yes, lord, he would sleep in ease. Of those in the world who sleep in ease, he would be one."
"But what do you think, young man. Might there arise in that householder or householder's son any bodily fevers or fevers of mind born of passion so that -- burned with those passion-born fevers -- he would sleep miserably?"
"Yes, lord."
"As for those passion-born fevers -- burned with which the householder or householder's son would sleep miserably -- that passion has been abandoned by the Tathágata, its root destroyed, like an uprooted palm tree, deprived of the conditions of existence, not destined for future arising. Therefore he sleeps in ease.
"Now, what do you think, young man. Might there arise in that householder or householder's son any bodily fevers or fevers of mind born of aversion so that -- burned with those aversion-born fevers -- he would sleep miserably?"
"Yes, lord."
"As for those aversion-born fevers -- burned with which the householder or householder's son would sleep miserably -- that aversion has been abandoned by the Tathágata, its root destroyed, like an uprooted palm tree, deprived of the conditions of existence, not destined for future arising. Therefore he sleeps in ease.
"Now, what do you think, young man. Might there arise in that householder or householder's son any bodily fevers or fevers of mind born of delusion so that -- burned with those delusion-born fevers -- he would sleep miserably?"
"Yes, lord."
"As for those delusion-born fevers -- burned with which the householder or householder's son would sleep miserably -- that delusion has been abandoned by the Tathágata, its root destroyed, like an uprooted palm tree, deprived of the conditions of existence, not destined for future arising. Therefore he sleeps in ease.
"Always, always,
he sleeps in ease:
the Brahman totally unbound,
who doesn't adhere
to sensual pleasures,
who's without acquisitions
and cooled.
Having cut all ties
and subdued fear in the heart,
calmed,
he sleeps in ease,
having reached peace
of awareness."
Footnote
1. The "Between-the-Eights" is a period in February, regarded in northern India as the coldest part of the year
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