With Vacchagotta on Fire
☸ Efficacy & Blessings
The Udana scriptures contain the inspired utterances of the Buddha. Regularly chanting or listening to these suttas brings immense spiritual blessings, purifies the mind, and invites profound peace and wisdom into one’s life.
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Evaṁ me sutaṁ ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Atha kho vacchagotto paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, sassato loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti evaṁdiṭṭhi bhavaṁ gotamoti? Na kho ahaṁ, vaccha, evaṁdiṭṭhi: sassato loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti.
Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, asassato loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti evaṁdiṭṭhi bhavaṁ gotamoti? Na kho ahaṁ, vaccha, evaṁdiṭṭhi: asassato loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti.
Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, antavā loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti evaṁdiṭṭhi bhavaṁ gotamoti? Na kho ahaṁ, vaccha, evaṁdiṭṭhi: antavā loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti.
Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, anantavā loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti evaṁdiṭṭhi bhavaṁ gotamoti? Na kho ahaṁ, vaccha, evaṁdiṭṭhi: anantavā loko, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti.
Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti
evaṁdiṭṭhi bhavaṁ gotamoti? Na kho ahaṁ, vaccha, evaṁdiṭṭhi: taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīraṁ, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti.
Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīraṁ, idameva saccaṁ moghamaññanti…