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# Ud 7:1 · Bhaddiya (1) (Bhaddiya Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/ud-7-1/
- Published: 2026-06-01T01:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:50:06.000Z
- Description: Udāna · Ud 7:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Udāna, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:28

I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī at Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. At that time Ven. Sāriputta was–with a variety of approaches–instructing, urging, rousing, & encouraging Ven. Bhaddiya the Dwarf with Dhamma-talk. As Ven. Bhaddiya the Dwarf was–with a variety of approaches–being instructed, urged, roused, & encouraged by Ven. Sāriputta with Dhamma-talk, his mind, through lack of clinging/sustenance, was released from the effluents.

The Blessed One saw that as Ven. Bhaddiya the Dwarf was–with a variety of approaches–being instructed, urged, roused, & encouraged by Ven. Sāriputta with Dhamma-talk, his mind, through lack of clinging/sustenance, was released from the effluents.

Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:

Above, below, everywhere released,

he doesn’t focus on “I am this.”[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud7%5F1.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

Thus released, he crosses the flood

not crossed before,

for the sake of no further becoming.

Note

1\. See [Ud 1:1, note 3](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/ud-1-1/).

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