{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.1","id":"suttacentral_an10.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, what is the goal and benefit of skillful ethics?\u201d \u201c\u0100nanda, having no regrets is the goal and benefit of skillful ethics.\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of having no regrets?\u201d \u201cJoy is the goal and benefit of having no regrets.\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of joy?\u201d \u201cRapture \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of rapture?\u201d \u201cTranquility \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of tranquility?\u201d \u201cBliss \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of bliss?\u201d \u201cImmersion \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of immersion?\u201d \u201cTruly knowing and seeing \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of truly knowing and seeing?\u201d \u201cDisillusionment and dispassion \u2026\u201d \u201cBut what is the goal and benefit of disillusionment and dispassion?\u201d \u201cKnowledge and vision of freedom is the goal and benefit of disillusionment and dispassion. So, \u0100nanda, the goal and benefit of skillful ethics is not having regrets. Joy is the goal and benefit of not having regrets. Rapture is the goal and benefit of joy. Tranquility is the goal and benefit of rapture. Bliss is the goal and benefit of tranquility. Immersion is the goal and benefit of bliss. Truly knowing and seeing is the goal and benefit of immersion. Disillusionment and dispassion is the goal and benefit of truly knowing and seeing. Knowledge and vision of freedom is the goal and benefit of disillusionment and dispassion. So, \u0100nanda, skillful ethics progressively lead up to the highest.\u201d","title":"What\u2019s the Goal?","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":281}