Harmless

Ahiṁsakasutta

Harmless

Ahiṁsakasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said, “I am Harmless, worthy Gotama, I am Harmless!”
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotama, ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotamā”ti.
EN
“If you were really like your name, then you’d be Harmless. But a truly harmless person does no harm by way of
PL
“Yathā nāmaṁ tathā cassa, siyā kho tvaṁ ahiṁsako; Yo ca kāyena vācāya, manasā ca na hiṁsati;
EN
body, speech, or mind; they don’t harm anyone else.” When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless said to the Buddha, “Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …
PL
Sa ve ahiṁsako hoti, yo paraṁ na vihiṁsatī”ti. Evaṁ vutte, ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
EN
And Venerable Bhāradvāja the Harmless became one of the perfected.
PL
abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā ahiṁsakabhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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