{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.2","id":"suttacentral_an10.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, an ethical person, who has fulfilled ethical conduct, need not make a wish: \u2018May I have no regrets!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural that an ethical person has no regrets. When you have no regrets you need not make a wish: \u2018May I feel joy!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural that joy springs up when you have no regrets. When you feel joy you need not make a wish: \u2018May I experience rapture!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural that rapture arises when you\u2019re joyful. When your mind is full of rapture you need not make a wish: \u2018May my body become tranquil!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural that your body becomes tranquil when your mind is full of rapture. When your body is tranquil you need not make a wish: \u2018May I feel bliss!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural to feel bliss when your body is tranquil. When you feel bliss you need not make a wish: \u2018May my mind be immersed in sam\u0101dhi!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural for the mind to be immersed in sam\u0101dhi when you feel bliss. When your mind is immersed in sam\u0101dhi you need not make a wish: \u2018May I truly know and see!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural to truly know and see when your mind is immersed in sam\u0101dhi. When you truly know and see you need not make a wish: \u2018May I become disillusioned and dispassionate!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural to become disillusioned and dispassionate when you truly know and see. When you\u2019re disillusioned and dispassionate you need not make a wish: \u2018May I realize the knowledge and vision of freedom!\u2019 It\u2019s only natural to realize the knowledge and vision of freedom when you\u2019re disillusioned and dispassionate. And so, mendicants, the knowledge and vision of freedom is the goal and benefit of disillusionment and dispassion. Disillusionment and dispassion is the goal and benefit of truly knowing and seeing. Truly knowing and seeing is the goal and benefit of immersion. Immersion is the goal and benefit of bliss. Bliss is the goal and benefit of tranquility. Tranquility is the goal and benefit of rapture. Rapture is the goal and benefit of joy. Joy is the goal and benefit of not having regrets. Not having regrets is the goal and benefit of skillful ethics. And so, mendicants, good qualities flow on and fill up from one to the other, for going from the near shore to the far shore.\u201d","title":"Making a Wish","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":392}