{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.84/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.84","id":"suttacentral_an10.84","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.84/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"There Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na addressed the mendicants: \u201cReverends, mendicants!\u201d \u201cReverend,\u201d they replied. Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na said this: \u201cTake a mendicant who declares enlightenment: \u2018I understand: \u201cRebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u201d\u2019 They\u2019re pursued, pressed, and grilled by the Realized One, or by one of his disciples who is a meditator skilled in attainments, in the minds of others, and in encompassing another\u2019s mind. Grilled in this way they get stuck or lose their way. They fall to ruin and disaster. The Realized One or one of his disciples encompasses their mind and investigates: \u2018Why does this venerable declare enlightenment, saying: \u201cI understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place\u2019\u201d?\u2019 They understand: \u2018This venerable gets irritable, and often lives with a heart full of anger. But being full of anger means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One. This venerable is acrimonious \u2026 prone to disdain \u2026 contemptuous \u2026 jealous \u2026 stingy \u2026 devious \u2026 deceitful \u2026 This venerable has corrupt wishes, and often lives with a heart full of desire. But being full of desire means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One. When there is still more to be done, this venerable stopped half-way after achieving some trifling distinction. But stopping half-way means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.\u2019 It is quite impossible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training without giving up these ten qualities. It is quite possible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training after giving up these ten qualities.\u201d","title":"Declaration","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":304}