Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 7.5 — Harmless

1At Sāvatthī.

2Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.

3When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said, “I am Harmless, worthy Gotama, I am Harmless!”

4“If you were really like your name,
then you’d be Harmless.
But a truly harmless person
does no harm by way of
body, speech, or mind;
they don’t harm anyone else.”

5When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless said to the Buddha, “Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” … And Venerable Bhāradvāja the Harmless became one of the perfected.