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Linked Discourses · SN 19.11

  • Linked Discourses 19.11Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.11
  • Chapter Two2. Dutiyavagga

Over His HeadSasīsakasutta

So I have heard.Evaṁ me sutaṁ— At one time near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove …ekaṁ samayaṁ rājagahe veḷuvane.

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk over his head in a sewer. …” …“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ purisaṁ gūthakūpe sasīsakaṁ nimuggaṁ …pe…

“That being used to be an adulterer right here in Rājagaha. …”eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe pāradāriko ahosi …pe….

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 19.12 A Dung Eater 0.56near 0.1Linked Discourses 19.12 Chapter Two A Dung Eater “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk in a sewer, eating dung with both hands. …” … “That being used to be a nasty brahmin…
  2. SN 19.4 A Flayed Man 0.54near 0.1Linked Discourses 19.4 Chapter One A Flayed Man “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a flayed man flying through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and cla…
  3. SN 19.9 Needle Hairs (2nd) 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 19.9 Chapter One Needle Hairs (2nd) “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were needles flying through the air. The needles bored into his hea…