Thag 16.7 - Thag 16:7 Bhaddiya Kāligodhāyaputta Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu Source: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thag/thag16_7.html License: CC-BY-NC-4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Copyright: Copyright 2014 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Revised edition 2017 License notice: Copyright 2014 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Revised edition 2017 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities. Questions about this book may be addressed to Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. Additional resources More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org. Printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA. Attribution: From Handful of Leaves, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu; https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/Ebooks/SuttaPitaka_251113.epub. Copyright 2014 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Revised edition 2017 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities. Questions about this book may be addressed to Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. Additional resources More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org. Printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA. Changes: Presentation only: original HTML markup reflowed into plain text; wording, numbering and source repetitions retained. No repetitions expanded. Completeness: ABBREVIATED. Every source-unit character is preserved, including introductions, notes and verse structure. Thanissaro's collection-level note explicitly states that repetitions were cut: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/about.html. This is evidence about the translation method, not an assertion that every individual unit contains an omission; no repetitions reconstructed. Thag 16:7 Bhaddiya Kāligodhāyaputta These verses contain the Canon’s only complete list of the thirteen ascetic (dhutaṅga) practices. Bhaddiya’s story is told in Ud 2:10. Whatever the fine clothes I wore when astride the elephant’s neck, whatever the fine rice I ate, the pure meat sauce, today—fortunate, persevering, delighting in whatever falls into his bowl, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, does jhāna without clinging. Wearing cast-off cloth, persevering, delighting in whatever falls into his bowl, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, does jhāna without clinging. Going for alms, persevering, delighting in whatever falls into his bowl, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, does jhāna without clinging. Wearing only one triple set of robes, persevering… Bypassing no donors on his alms round, persevering… Eating only one meal a day, persevering… Eating from the bowl, persevering… Refusing food brought afterwards, persevering… Living in the wilderness, persevering… Living at the foot of a tree, persevering… Living in the open air, persevering… Living in a cemetery, persevering… Accepting whatever lodging he’s assigned, persevering, Not lying down, persevering, delighting in whatever falls into his bowl, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, does jhāna without clinging. Modest, persevering… Content, persevering… Secluded, persevering… Unentangled, persevering… Energy aroused, persevering, delighting in whatever falls into his bowl, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, does jhāna without clinging. Abandoning a 100-carat bowl of bronze and a 100-weight bowl of gold, I took instead a bowl of clay: That was my second consecration. In the midst of high encircling walls, strong battlements & gates, guarded by men with swords in hand— trembling I used to live. Today, fortunate, unafraid, with fear & terror abandoned, Bhaddiya, son of Godhā, having plunged into the forest, does jhāna. Standing firm in the aggregate of virtue, developing mindfulness & discernment, step by step I attained the ending of all fetters.