{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.71/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.71","id":"suttacentral_an10.71","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.71/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, live by the ethical precepts and the monastic code. Live restrained in the monastic code, conducting yourselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you\u2019ve undertaken. A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I be liked and approved by my spiritual companions, respected and admired.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect absorption, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts. A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect absorption, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts. A mendicant might wish: \u2018May the services of those whose robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick I enjoy be very fruitful and beneficial for them.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018When deceased family and relatives who have passed away recollect me with a confident mind, may this be very fruitful and beneficial for them.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I be content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I endure cold, heat, hunger, and thirst. May I endure the touch of flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and reptiles. May I endure rude and unwelcome criticism. And may I put up with physical pain\u2014sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, disagreeable, and life-threatening.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I prevail over desire and discontent, and may desire and discontent not prevail over me. May I live having mastered desire and discontent whenever they have arisen.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I prevail over fear and dread, and may fear and dread not prevail over me. May I live having mastered fear and dread whenever they arise.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I get the four absorptions\u2014blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind\u2014when I want, without trouble or difficulty.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts \u2026 A mendicant might wish: \u2018May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\u2019 So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect absorption, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts. \u2018Live by the ethical precepts and the monastic code. Live restrained in the monastic code, conducting yourselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you\u2019ve undertaken.\u2019 That\u2019s what I said, and this is why I said it.\u201d","title":"One Might Wish","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":519}