Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1138

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Kasī Bhāradvāja Sutta.—The Buddhist Parable of the Sower, forming the fourth sutta of the Uraga Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta.¹ It contains the story of the Buddha’s visit to Kasī-Bhāradvāja given above. The Buddha tells him that in his work as a Teacher are to be found all the elements of a farmer’s duties: faith is the seed, insight the plough, mindfulness the ploughshare and goad, energy the burden-bearing team. The harvest produced by the sowing is *nibbāna* and the food *ambrosia*, free from suffering and sorrow.