7.
The Discourse to Navakammika
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain jungle thicket.
Now at that time the brahmin Navakammika Bhāradvāja was having work done in that jungle thicket.
The brahmin Navakammika Bhāradvāja saw the Blessed One seated at the foot of a certain sāla tree, folding his legs crosswise, directing his body upright, having established mindfulness in front of him.
Having seen him, this occurred to him:
"I indeed delight in having work done in this jungle thicket.
What is this ascetic Gotama having done that he delights in?"
Then the brahmin Navakammika Bhāradvāja approached the Blessed One.
Having approached, he addressed the Blessed One in verse:
That alone in the forest, Gotama finds delight?"
My forest of defilements has been cut off at the root, a mere show;
I, in the forest, free from craving, free from the dart,
Alone I delight, having abandoned discontent."
When this was said, the brahmin Navakammika Bhāradvāja said this to the Blessed One: "Excellent, Master Gotama! Etc. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forth for life."