35c: More Stories about Wrong View – 1235
having fame and by having only a few followers, but remain calm and
tranquil. They possess such impressive attributes.
Pasaṁsāyunnato loko, nindāyāpi ca onato,
samā nindā-pasaṁsāsu, tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, in this world people become puffed up with pride when they are
praised owing to their effort now and good deeds in the past. They are
depressed when they are dispraised owing to their lack of effort now and
their evil deeds in the past. But my teacher, the Fortunate One, and his
monastic disciples are not affected by praise or by dispraise, but remain
calm and tranquil. They possess such impressive attributes.
Sukhena unnato loko, dukkhenāpi ca onato,
akampā sukha-dukkhesu, tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, in this world, people become puffed up with pride when they are
affluent owing to their effort now and good deeds in the past. They
become depressed when they are poor owing to their lack of effort now
and their evil deeds in the past. But my teacher, the Fortunate One, and
his monastic disciples, are not affected by affluence, but remain calm and
tranquil. They possess such impressive attributes.
Thus, Cūḷa Subhaddā, the wise daughter-in-law, pleased her mother-in-law, by
extolling the Fortunate One and his disciples. The merchant’s wife asked her
whether she would be able to show them her teacher, the Fortunate One and his
disciples, and Cūḷa Subhaddā said she could do so. Then her mother-in-law told
her to make an arrangement so that they could see her teacher and all.
Having promised thus, Cūḷa Subhaddā prepared a great offering for the Buddha
and the Saṅgha, and on the top of the mansion, facing towards the Jetavana
monastery, she paid respects to the Buddha and contemplated his attributes.
Then honouring the Buddha with sweet smelling flowers, and perfumes, she
resolved thus: “Exalted Buddha, I invite the Saṅgha headed by the Fortunate
One to an alms giving at my house. May the Fortunate One, the teacher of Devas
and humans, know my invitation well through these jasmine flowers which I am
now sending.”
After extending her invitation, she threw up eight handfuls of jasmine flowers
into the air. Like small butterflies, the flowers travelled in the air and became a
flower-canopy above the Buddha, while he was teaching amongst the four
assemblies of people in the Jetavana monastery.