{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.28/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.28","id":"suttacentral_an10.28","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.28/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kaja\u1e45gal\u0101 in a bamboo grove. Then several lay followers of Kaja\u1e45gal\u0101 went to the nun Kaja\u1e45galik\u0101, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to her: \u201cMa\u2019am, this was said by the Buddha in \u2018The Great Questions\u2019: \u2018One thing: question, summary recital, and answer. Two \u2026 Three \u2026 Four \u2026 Five \u2026 Six \u2026 Seven \u2026 Eight \u2026 Nine \u2026 Ten things: question, summary recital, and answer.\u2019 How should we see the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement?\u201d \u201cRespectable sirs, I haven\u2019t heard and learned this in the presence of the Buddha or from esteemed mendicants. But as to how it seems to me, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, ma\u2019am,\u201d replied the lay followers. The nun Kaja\u1e45galik\u0101 said this: \u201c\u2018One thing: question, summary recital, and answer.\u2019 That\u2019s what the Buddha said, but why did he say it? Becoming completely disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding one thing, seeing its limits and fully comprehending its meaning, a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. What one thing? \u2018All sentient beings are sustained by food.\u2019 Becoming completely disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding this one thing, seeing its limits and fully comprehending its meaning, a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. \u2018One thing: question, summary recital, and answer.\u2019 That\u2019s what the Buddha said, and this is why he said it. What two? Name and form. \u2026 What three? Three feelings. \u2026 With a mind well developed in four things\u2014seeing their limits and fully comprehending their meaning\u2014a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. What four? The four kinds of mindfulness meditation. \u2026 With a mind well developed in these four things\u2014seeing their limits and fully fathoming their meaning\u2014a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. \u2026 What five? The five faculties. \u2026 What six? The six elements of escape. \u2026 What seven? The seven awakening factors. \u2026 What eight? The noble eightfold path. \u2026 Becoming completely disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding nine things, seeing their limits and fully comprehending their meaning, a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. What nine? The nine abodes of sentient beings. Becoming completely disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding these nine things, seeing their limits and fully comprehending their meaning, a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. \u2018Ten things: question, summary recital, and answer.\u2019 That\u2019s what the Buddha said, but why did he say it? Becoming well developed in ten things\u2014seeing their limits and fully fathoming their meaning\u2014a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. What ten? The ten ways of performing skillful deeds. With a mind well developed in these ten things\u2014seeing their limits and fully fathoming their meaning\u2014a mendicant makes an end of suffering in this very life. \u2018Ten things: question, summary recital, and answer.\u2019 That\u2019s what the Buddha said, and this is why he said it. That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of what the Buddha said in brief in \u2018The Great Questions\u2019. If you wish, you may go to the Buddha and ask him about this. You should remember it in line with the Buddha\u2019s answer.\u201d \u201cYes, ma\u2019am,\u201d replied those lay followers, approving and agreeing with what the nun Kaja\u1e45galik\u0101 said. Then they rose from their seats, bowed, and respectfully circled her, keeping her on their right. Then they went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and informed the Buddha of all they had discussed. \u201cGood, good, householders. The nun Kaja\u1e45galik\u0101 is astute, she has great wisdom. If you came to me and asked this question, I would answer it in exactly the same way as the nun Kaja\u1e45galik\u0101. That is what it means, and that\u2019s how you should remember it.\u201d","title":"The Great Questions (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":637}