<p>This is explained in <a href="http://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Why-the-Buddha-Suffered/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Why the Buddha Suffered</a> (<a href="http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Connection-with-Previous-Deeds/" rel="nofollow">The Connection with Previous Deeds</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apad%C4%81na" rel="nofollow">Apadāna</a> 39.10).</p>

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@SumindaSirinathSalpitikorala, the first two of those links seem to be broken. Can you check them?
tkp
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The site is down but this is in the Apadana. Matter of finding another translation.
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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Is this what you are looking for?
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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It is the one. Particularly as there are a lot of other ailments which Grant Hardy alluded to. Thanks
Crab Bucket
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p>In the <a href="http://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk/courses/great-minds-of-the-eastern-intellectual-tradition.html" rel="nofollow">Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition</a> lecture series Grant Hardy mentions that there is a Buddhist sutra or text when the Buddha gets a migraine (it's probably not described as a migraine I should imagine). It's apparently an example of the fruits Buddha's previous karma arising even after he was enlightened. Does anyone know the text that this happens in?</p>

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Thanks for asking! I'd heard about it too (in a Dan Ingram Buddhist Geeks podcast, I think) but could never find it. BTW, could you give a rough location to where it's mentioned in Hardy's lecture series.
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What is the text in which the Buddha gets a migraine?
# What is the text in which the Buddha gets a migraine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-20)

In the [Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition](http://www.thegreatcourses.co.uk/courses/great-minds-of-the-eastern-intellectual-tradition.html) lecture series Grant Hardy mentions that there is a Buddhist sutra or text when the Buddha gets a migraine (it's probably not described as a migraine I should imagine). It's apparently an example of the fruits Buddha's previous karma arising even after he was enlightened. Does anyone know the text that this happens in?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Thanks for asking! I'd heard about it too (in a Dan Ingram Buddhist Geeks podcast, I think) but could never find it. BTW, could you give a rough location to where it's mentioned in Hardy's lecture series.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

This is explained in [Why the Buddha Suffered](http://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Why-the-Buddha-Suffered/index.htm) ([The Connection with Previous Deeds](http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Connection-with-Previous-Deeds/) / [Apadāna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apad%C4%81na) 39.10).

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Is this what you are looking for?  
> **username_0**: It is the one. Particularly as there are a lot of other ailments which Grant Hardy alluded to. Thanks  
> **username_1**: @SumindaSirinathSalpitikorala, the first two of those links seem to be broken. Can you check them?  
> **username_2**: The site is down but this is in the Apadana. Matter of finding another translation.  

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