{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an2.280/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an2.280","id":"suttacentral_an2.280","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.280/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"280 \u201cFor two reasons the Realized One laid down training rules for his disciples. What two? For the well-being and comfort of the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants \u2026 For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come \u2026 For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come \u2026 Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes \u2026 For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it \u2026 For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training. These are the two reasons why the Realized One laid down training rules for his disciples.\u201d","title":"The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on Monastic Law","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":185}