Udāna 62

Heartfelt Sayings 7.2

Bhaddiya the Dwarf (2nd)

1 So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Sāriputta was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring Venerable Bhaddiya the Dwarf in even more ways with a Dhamma talk, thinking that he was still a trainee.

2 The Buddha saw what was happening.

3 Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

4 “They’ve cut the cycle, gone to the wishless;

the streams are dried, they flow no more.

Cut, the cycle no longer spins.

Just this is the end of suffering.”