相应部第 2 相应（Sujato 英译）第 18 阅读页 · SN2.18 · With Kakudha

Linked Discourses 2.18Linked Discourses 2.182. With Anāthapiṇḍika2. With Anāthapiṇḍika

With KakudhaWith KakudhaSo I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.

Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,“Do you delight, ascetic?”“Do you delight, ascetic?”“What have I gained, sir?”“What have I gained, sir?”

“Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?”“Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?”“What have I lost, sir?”“What have I lost, sir?”“Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?”“Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant,“I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant,I hope that delight isn’t found in you.I hope that delight isn’t found in you.

I hope that discontent doesn’tI hope that discontent doesn’toverwhelm you as you sit alone.”overwhelm you as you sit alone.”“I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit,“I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit,

and no delight is found in me.and no delight is found in me.And also discontent doesn’tAnd also discontent doesn’toverwhelm me as I sit alone.”overwhelm me as I sit alone.”

“How are you not gloomy, mendicant?“How are you not gloomy, mendicant?How is delight not found in you?How is delight not found in you?How does discontent notHow does discontent not

overwhelm you as you sit alone?”overwhelm you as you sit alone?”“Delight is born from gloom,“Delight is born from gloom,gloom is born from delight;gloom is born from delight;

sir, you should know me assir, you should know me asa mendicant free of delight and gloom.”a mendicant free of delight and gloom.”“After a long time I see“After a long time I see

a brahmin fully quenched.a brahmin fully quenched.A mendicant free of delight and gloom,A mendicant free of delight and gloom,he has crossed over clinging to the world.”he has crossed over clinging to the world.”