Insight to Transcend the Worldly View Point: Bhadraka Sutta : Samyutta Nikaya
A Village headman by the name of Bhadraka Gamini approached Buddha one day and asked the Tathagata to teach him the origin of suffering (dukkha samudaya)) and its ending. 'If I preach you about arising of suffering and its ending with reference to the past and the future', said the Buddha, 'you will take it as applicable to the past or the future only , therefore, I will preach you the arising and the ending of suffering as it occurs in the present.' The Buddha asked him, 'Bhadraka, in Uruwela Kappa village, are there people about whom you will worry and be saddened if any harm come on them or they get imprisoned or die? Yes, my Lord there are some people in my village about whom I care for their wellbeing', replied Bhadraka. Then the Buddha asked him, 'are there people about whom you wouldn't be troubled and have any mental agony if they are met with death, harm or imprisonment', and Bhadraka answered, 'yes my Lord there are such people about ...