Ud 3:6 Pilinda (Pilinda Sutta)

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('â', The Teacher calls you, friend Vaccha.â" Responding, "As you say, lord," to the Blessed One, the monk went to Ven. Pilindavaccha and on arrival said to him, "The Teacher calls you, friend Vaccha." Responding, "As you say, my friend," to the monk, Ven. Pilindavaccha went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him, "Is it true, Pilindavaccha, that you go around addressing the monks as if they were outcastes?" "Yes, lord." Then the Blessed One, having directed attention to Ven. Pilindavacchaâs previous lives, said to the monks, "Donât take offense at the monk Vaccha. Itâs not out of inner hatred that he goes around addressing the monks as if they were outcastes. For 500 consecutive lifetimes the monk Vaccha has been born in brahman families. For a long time he has been accustomed to addressing people as outcastes. Thatâs why he goes around addressing the monks as if they were outcastes." Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: In whom thereâs no deceit or conceit, his greed ended, unpossessive, free from longing, his anger dispelled, his mind unbound:1 Heâs         a contemplative. Heâs         a brahman : a monk. Note 1. The first part of this verse is nearly identical with the first part of a verse in Sn 3:4 (verse 469 in the PTS edition). See also: SN 21:4 - --> - - - -