The Story of Venerable Dāruciriya, a Buddhist laymen Arahant.

The Story of Venerable Dāruciriya, a Buddhist laymen Arahant.

 When he died, every Karma was cut; and he entered Nirvāna

The Law of Karma in Buddhism states that the evil doer goes to good places, when he dies from this world and he then becomes either a god or a human being.

As for those who do evil, when they died from this human world, they then went either to the hell or to be born in the kingdom of animals.

But for those who have lost their desires as  Arahants, whether they were monks or laymen, they all could cut Karma and the fruition of Karma and then they entered Nirvana.

This is consistent with the story of Venerable Bāhiya Dāruciriya, who was enlightened and was immediately appointed as one of the excellent monks after leaving the world.

This law of action was known, when the Lord Buddha lived in Jetavana Monastery. He talked about the Venerable Bāhiya Dāruciriya, and said words in the Dhammapada. The story was like this:

At one time, a group of merchants sailed to sea trading. Their ships were wrecked in the sea and almost died. There was only one survivor, by whom he had held a board and tried to stoop to the side of the pier named Suparaka.

He had no clothes to cover his body, so he took a thousand pieces of dry wood to make clothes. Holding a tile from the temple to sit at the place where people passed by.

The people who passed by saw him and gave him food. "This is the saint." There are some believers who bring clothes.

But he refused to use that garment, fearing that if he had worn the clothes "Worship and gains would disappear." He then chose to wear only bark.

When people say that he is an Arahant , he mistakenly thought that he was really a saint. Because he was guilty of thinking that he was a saint, wearing a bark; he is therefore called "Dāruciriya ".

At that time there was one god Brahma. In the past, he used to be a friend and practiced with him before. Seeing that he had lost this way, he was able to help guide the right way.

This god Brahma came to him one night and said, "Bahiya, you are not a saint; you have not yet attained Arahantaship; and more than that, you still do not have the qualifications to make a saint. "

Bāhiya Dāruciriya looked at the Brahma Lord and asked " I accept that I am not a saint. Is it now that are the saints or those who attained  of the Arahantamagga available ?

The Brahma Lord said, "Bahiya, now the monk who is the Buddha lives in the city of Savatthi; The monk is not only enlightened but also teach how to become an Arahant”

Bāhiya Dāruciriya listened to the words of the Brahma god and was sad. He quickly departed from Suparaka Pier to the City of Savatthi, which the Brahma god had used the divine power to allow Bāhiya Dāruciriya to travel to that city, which is far from the 120 leagues, using only one night journey.

Bāhiya Dāruciriya found that Lord Buddha  was walking for alms, along with a group of monks.

He therefore came to pay  respect to him and told him to give a sermon.  But Lord Buddha replied that It was during the time that he was about to receive alms. It's not time to give a sermon.

Bāhiya Dāruciriya listened to that Buddha's speech and said, "Lord, I don't know the danger of your life or mine will happen? May you give me a sermon. "

Lord Buddha knew that Bahiya had traveled as far as 120 leagues using only one night journey. And he also knew that Bahiya had a joyful joy from seeing him;  a person with such great joy even if listening to the sermon, cannot be stabbed throughout the truth; it  is better to wait for a peaceful mind to be bent on, then he will give him a sermon.

But Bāhiya Dāruciriya also urged the Lord Buddha to give a sermon to him. Lord Buddha  therefore give a sermon to him while standing on the road saying, 

"Bahiya, you  should study in this religion like this: 

"When you see , you just see ;  when you hear , you just hear ; when you smell, you just smell ; when you taste, you just taste;  when you touch, you just  touch ; when you know, you just know; when you are enlightened, you are just enlightened.”

When Bāhiya Dāruciriya had heard the sermon of the Lord Buddha like this, he attained an Arahantship  and asked to ordain with the Lord Buddha. 

But Lord Buddha had told him to go to find the bowl and the robe before, so he would ordain.

While Bāhiya Dāruciriya sought the bowl and the robe, he was struck by a cow that had been struck by a giantess.

When Lord Buddha finished his meal, he went out with all the monks and he found Bāhiya Dāruciriya 's body lying dead beside the garbage dump.

He then commanded the monks to cremate Bāhiya Dāruciriya's burial, and then ordered to create a pagoda that contained the elements of his bones.

When Lord Buddha returned to Jetavana Monastery, he  spoke to all the monks who asked him about Bāhiya Dāruciriya’s story, saying that Bāhiya Dāruciriya was in "Nirvana"

Lord Buddha also set Bāhiya Dāruciriya in the position that " Bāhiya Dāruciriya (Pahiya, a bark-wearer) is superior to monks among  our disciples, who are enlightened quickly. "

All monks asked "When did Bāhiya Dāruciriya attain Arahantaship?" 

Lord Buddha replied that "Bāhiya Dāruciriya achieved  Arahantaship,  while listening to my sermon on the rode side”

All monks are skeptical that people who listen to a little, just how could Bāhiya Dāruciriya attain the Arahantship?

Lord Buddha said that the amount of words or length of words is not important. But it is important that the quality of words or words that will benefit the individual.

After that, Lord Buddha said in the  Dhamma Dhamma, Number 101, as follows:

Sahassaṃpi ce gāthā

Anatthapadasaṃhitā

Ekaṃ gāthāpadaṃ seyyo

Yaṃ sutvā upasammati.

Better than a thousand verses, comprising useless words,

is one beneficial single line, by hearing which is pacified.