Kasī Bhāradvāja Sutta
Kasī Bhāradvāja Sutta:The Buddhist Parable of the Sower,forming the fourth sutta of the Uraga Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta.(Pp.12ff; also found in the Samyutta i.171ff under the name of Kasī-Sutta and included in the Paritta).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.