Buddha bathing his limbs after midday rest
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:28 am
Majjhima Nikaya, sutta 26:
Then The Blessed One, in company with the venerable
Ananda, drew near to Eastern Monastery, and to the storied
mansion of Migara s mother, for his noon-day rest. Then The
Blessed One, in the afternoon, rose from meditation, and
addressed the venerable Ananda:
" Let us go hence, Ananda, and to Eastern Tank will we
draw near to bathe our limbs."
" Yes, Reverend Sir," said the venerable Ananda to The
Blessed One in assent.
Then The Blessed One, in company with the venerable
Ananda, drew near to Eastern Tank to bathe his limbs ; and
having bathed his limbs in Eastern Tank and come up out of
the water, he stood with but a single garment on, drying his
limbs.
translation of Henry Clarke Warren
Then The Blessed One, in company with the venerable
Ananda, drew near to Eastern Monastery, and to the storied
mansion of Migara s mother, for his noon-day rest. Then The
Blessed One, in the afternoon, rose from meditation, and
addressed the venerable Ananda:
" Let us go hence, Ananda, and to Eastern Tank will we
draw near to bathe our limbs."
" Yes, Reverend Sir," said the venerable Ananda to The
Blessed One in assent.
Then The Blessed One, in company with the venerable
Ananda, drew near to Eastern Tank to bathe his limbs ; and
having bathed his limbs in Eastern Tank and come up out of
the water, he stood with but a single garment on, drying his
limbs.
translation of Henry Clarke Warren