#1. Nakula’s Father

The householder Nakulapitā asks the Buddha for help in coping with old age. The Buddha says to reflect: “Even though I am afflicted in body, my mind will be unafflicted.” Later Sāriputta explains this in terms of the five aggregates.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas on Crocodile Hill, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood. Then the householder Nakula’s father went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha: “Sir, I’m an old man, elderly and senior. [Read More]

The householder Nakulapitā asks the Buddha for help in coping with old age. The Buddha says to reflect: “Even though I am afflicted in body, my mind will be unafflicted.” Later Sāriputta explains this in terms of the five aggregates.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas on Crocodile Hill, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood. Then the householder Nakula’s father went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha: “Sir, I’m an old man, elderly and senior. [Read More]