Little Hut (SN1.19)

Linked Discourses 1.19

2. The Garden of Delight

Little Hut

“Don’t you have a little hut?

Don’t you have a little nest?

Don’t you have any networks?¹

Aren’t you free of shackles?”

“Indeed I have no little hut.

Indeed I have no little nest.

Indeed I have no networks.

Indeed I’m free from shackles.”

“What do you think I call your little hut?

What do I call your little nest?

What do I call your network?

And what do I call your shackle?”

“You call mother a little hut;

and wife a little nest.

You call children a network,

and you call my craving a shackle.”

“It’s good you have no little hut!

It’s good you have no little nest!

It’s good you have no networks!

And good that you’re free from shackles.”