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Lesson 3.2.0 Samuddakasuttaṃ – Sown Is the Seed
The short Samuddakasutta introduces a more detailed analysis on right view (sammādiṭṭhi), the first link of the Noble Eightfold Path. In this sutta some saints, keen to pursue their spiritual quest unobstructed and in peace, request Vepacitti, one of the chiefs of the Asuras, to let them do so. As a result of the chief ignoring their request, they utter the following truth that is echoed even today in many proverbs: Yādisaṃ vapate bījaṃ, tādisaṃ harate phalaṃ ('As the seeds are planted, such the fruits will be reaped.').