sn.1.19 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Little Hut

“Don’t you have a little hut?
Don’t you have a little nest?
Don’t you have any networks?
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 a little hut?
What do I call a little nest?
What do you think I call a network?
And what do I call a shackle?”
“You call a mother a little hut;
and a wife a little nest.
You call children a network,
and you tell me craving’s 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.”