Udaya Udaya Sutta (SN 7:12)

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they sow the seed. Again & again    Â

the deva-kings rain. Again & again    Â

farmers plow the fields. Again & again    Â

grain comes to the kingdom. Again & again    Â

beggars wander. Again & again    Â

lords of giving give. Again & again    Â

having given, the lords of giving again & again    Â

go to a heavenly place.1 Again & again    Â

dairy farmers draw milk. Again & again    Â

the calf goes to its mother. Again & again    Â

one wearies & trembles. Again & again    Â

the dullard goes to the womb. Again & again    Â

you take birth & die. Again & again    Â

they carry you to the charnel ground. But on gaining the path to no again-becoming, you, deep in discernment, donât take birth again & again." When this was said, the brahman Udaya said to the Blessed One, "Magnificent, Master Gotama! Magnificent! Just as if he were to place upright what was overturned, to reveal what was hidden, to show the way to one who was lost, or to carry a lamp into the dark so that those with eyes could see forms, in the same way has Master Gotama—through many lines of reasoning—made the Dhamma clear. I go to Master Gotama for refuge, to the Dhamma, & to the Saṃgha of monks. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forward, for life." Note 1. These first two verses are also found in Thag 10:1. See also: SN 15:3; SN 15:8; SN 15:11–13 - --> - - - -