{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.26/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.26","id":"suttacentral_an10.26","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.26/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kuraraghara on Steep Mountain. Then the laywoman K\u0101\u1e37\u012b of Kurughara went up to Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, this was said by the Buddha in \u2018The Maidens\u2019 Questions\u2019: \u2018I\u2019ve reached the goal, peace of heart. Having conquered the army <j>of the likable and pleasant, alone, practicing absorption, I awakened to bliss. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t get too close to people, and no one gets too close to me.\u2019 How should we see the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement?\u201d \u201cSister, some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal earth to be the ultimate. Thinking \u2018this is the goal\u2019, they are reborn. The Buddha directly knew the extent to which the attainment of the meditation on universal earth was the ultimate. Directly knowing this he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape. And he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path. Because he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape, and he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, he knew that he had reached the goal, peace of heart. Some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal water to be the ultimate. Thinking \u2018this is the goal\u2019, they are reborn. \u2026 Some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal fire \u2026 universal air \u2026 universal blue \u2026 universal yellow \u2026 universal red \u2026 universal white \u2026 universal space \u2026 universal consciousness to be the ultimate. Thinking \u2018this is the goal\u2019, they are reborn. The Buddha directly knew the extent to which the attainment of the meditation on universal consciousness was the ultimate. Directly knowing this he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape. And he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path. Because he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape, and he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, he knew that he had reached the goal, peace of heart. So, sister, that\u2019s how to understand the detailed meaning of what the Buddha said in brief in \u2018The Maidens\u2019 Questions\u2019: \u2018I\u2019ve reached the goal, peace of heart. Having conquered the army <j>of the likable and pleasant, alone, practicing absorption, I awakened to bliss. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t get too close to people, and no one gets too close to me.\u2019\u201d","title":"With K\u0101\u1e37\u012b","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":436}