{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.45/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.45","id":"suttacentral_an10.45","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.45/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are ten drawbacks to entering a royal compound. What ten? Firstly, a king is sitting with his chief queen when a monk enters. When the queen sees the monk she smiles, or when the monk sees the queen he smiles. So the king thinks: \u2018They\u2019ve done it for sure, or they will do it.\u2019 This is the first drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, a king has many duties, and much to do. He has sex with one of the women but doesn\u2019t remember. She gets pregnant from that. So the king thinks: \u2018No-one else has entered here, except that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the second drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, a gem is lost somewhere in the royal compound. So the king thinks: \u2018No-one else has entered here, except that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the third drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, secret deliberations in the royal compound are leaked outside. So the king thinks: \u2018No-one else has entered here, except that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the fourth drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, in a royal compound, a father longs for their son, or a son longs for his father. They think: \u2018No-one else has entered here, except that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the fifth drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, the king promotes someone to a higher position. Those who are upset by this think: \u2018The king is close to that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the sixth drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, the king demotes someone to a lower position. Those who are upset by this think: \u2018The king is close to that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the seventh drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, the king dispatches the army at the wrong time. Those who are upset by this think: \u2018The king is close to that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the eighth drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, the king dispatches the army at the right time, but orders it to turn back while still on the road. Those who are upset by this think: \u2018The king is close to that monk. Could this be the monk\u2019s doing?\u2019 This is the ninth drawback of entering a royal compound. Furthermore, in the royal compound there is a trampling of elephants, horses, and chariots, as well as arousing sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches that do not befit a monk. This is the tenth drawback of entering a royal compound. These are the ten drawbacks of entering a royal compound.\u201d","title":"Entering a Royal Compound","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":459}