{"id":"ud1.9","title":"Matted Hair Ascetics","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud1.9","title":"Matted Hair Ascetics","units":[{"id":"ud1.9:0","sourceIds":["ud1.9:0.1","ud1.9:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 1.9\nJaṭilasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 1.9\nMatted Hair Ascetics"}},{"id":"ud1.9:1","sourceIds":["ud1.9:1.1","ud1.9:1.2","ud1.9:1.3","ud1.9:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā gayāyaṁ viharati gayāsīse.\nTena kho pana samayena sambahulā jaṭilā sītāsu hemantikāsu rattīsu antaraṭṭhake himapātasamaye gayāyaṁ ummujjantipi nimujjantipi, ummujjanimujjampi karonti osiñcantipi, aggimpi juhanti:\n“iminā suddhī”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Gayā on Gayā Head.\nNow at that time—during the cold spell when the snow falls in the January winter—many matted hair ascetics plunged in and out of the Gayā river. Plunging and showering, they served the sacred flame, thinking:\n“Through this there is purity.”"}},{"id":"ud1.9:2","sourceIds":["ud1.9:2.1","ud1.9:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho bhagavā te sambahule jaṭile sītāsu hemantikāsu rattīsu antaraṭṭhake himapātasamaye gayāyaṁ ummujjantepi nimujjantepi ummujjanimujjampi karonte osiñcantepi aggimpi juhante:\n“iminā suddhī”ti.","en":"The Buddha saw them plunging in and out."}},{"id":"ud1.9:3","sourceIds":["ud1.9:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud1.9:4","sourceIds":["ud1.9:4.1","ud1.9:4.2","ud1.9:4.3","ud1.9:4.4","ud1.9:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na udakena sucī hoti,\nbahvettha nhāyatī jano;\nYamhi saccañca dhammo ca,\nso sucī so ca brāhmaṇo”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“Purity doesn’t come from water,\nno matter how many people bathe there.\nOne who has truth and principle,\nthey are pure, they are brahmins.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud1.9/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}