To Nṅgita Nṅgita Sutta (AN 5:30)

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('â', He is indeed a Blessed One, worthy & rightly self-awakened, consummate in clear-knowing & conduct, well-gone, an expert with regard to the cosmos, unexcelled trainer of people fit to be tamed, teacher of devas & human beings, awakened, blessed. He makes known—having realized it through direct knowledge—this world with its devas, Mṅras, & Brahmṅs, this generation with its contemplatives & brahmans, its royalty & commonfolk; he explains the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end; he expounds the holy life both in its particulars & in its essence, entirely perfect, surpassingly pure. It is good to see such a worthy one.â" So the brahman householders of Icchṅnaṃgala, when the night was gone, taking many staple & non-staple foods, went to the gate house of the Icchṅnaṃgala forest grove. On arrival they stood there making a loud racket, a great racket. Now at that time Ven. Nṅgita was the Blessed Oneâs attendant. So the Blessed One addressed Ven. Nṅgita: "Nṅgita, what is that loud racket, that great racket, like fishermen with a catch of fish?" "Lord, those are the brahman householders of Icchṅnaṃgala standing at the gate house to the Icchṅnaṃgala forest grove, having brought many staple & non-staple foods for the sake of the Blessed One & the Saṃgha of monks." "May I have nothing to do with honor, Nṅgita, and honor nothing to do with me. Whoever cannot obtain at will—without difficulty, without trouble—as I do, the pleasure of renunciation, the pleasure of seclusion, the pleasure of peace, the pleasure of self-awakening, let him consent to this slimy-excrement-pleasure, this torpor-pleasure, this pleasure of gains, offerings, & fame." "Lord, let the Blessed One acquiesce (to their offerings) now! Let the One Well-Gone acquiesce now! Now is the time for the Blessed Oneâs acquiescence, lord! Now is the time for the Blessed Oneâs acquiescence, lord! Wherever the Blessed One will go now, the brahmans of the towns & countryside will be so inclined. Just as when the rain-devas send rain in fat drops, the waters flow with the incline, in the same way, wherever the Blessed One will go now, the brahmans of the towns & countryside will be so inclined. Why is that? Because such is the Blessed Oneâs virtue & discernment." "May I have nothing to do with honor, Nṅgita, and honor nothing to do with me. Whoever cannot obtain at will—without difficulty, without trouble—as I do, the pleasure of renunciation, the pleasure of seclusion, the pleasure of peace, the pleasure of self-awakening, let him consent to this slimy-excrement-pleasure, this torpor-pleasure, this pleasure of gains, offerings, & fame. "When one eats & drinks & chews & savors, there is excrement & urine: That is oneâs reward. "When one loves, there arises the state of change & aberration, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair: That is oneâs reward. "When one is committed to the theme of the unattractive, one takes a stance in the loathesomeness of the theme of beauty: That is oneâs reward. "When one remains focused on the inconstancy of the six media of sensory contact, one takes a stance in the loathsomeness of contact: That is oneâs reward. "When one remains focused on the arising & passing away of the five clinging-aggregates, one takes a stance in the loathsomeness of clinging: That is oneâs reward." See also: MN 66; MN 122; SN 17:3; SN 17:5; SN 17:8; AN 4:263; AN 5:77; AN 8:30; AN 9:40; AN 10:72; Thag 1:86 - --> - - - -