5.
The First Discourse on Living in Harmony
55.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Bhaggas at Suṃsumāragira in the Bhesakaḷā Grove, in the Deer Park.
Then the Blessed One, having dressed in the earlier period of the day, taking his bowl and robe, approached the dwelling of the householder Nakulapitā;
having approached, he sat down on the prepared seat.
Then the householder Nakulapitā and the woman householder Nakulamātā approached the Blessed One;
having approached, they paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the householder Nakulapitā said this to the Blessed One -
"Since, venerable sir, the woman householder Nakulamātā was brought to me as a young woman when I was still young, I do not know of having transgressed against the woman householder Nakulamātā even in thought, how much less with the body! We would wish, venerable sir, to see one another both in this present life and in the future life." The woman householder Nakulamātā also said this to the Blessed One - "Since, venerable sir, I was brought as a young woman to the householder Nakulapitā when he was still young, I do not know of having transgressed against the householder Nakulapitā even in thought, how much less with the body! We would wish, venerable sir, to see one another both in this present life and in the future life."
"If, householders, both wife and husband wish to see one another both in this present life and in the future life, and both are equal in faith, equal in morality, equal in generosity, equal in wisdom, they see one another both in this present life and in the future life."
They are wife and husband, speaking kindly to one another.
Enemies become unhappy, when both are equal in morality.
Delighting in the world of gods, they rejoice, those who desire sensual pleasures." The fifth.