{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.13","id":"suttacentral_an3.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cThese three individuals are found in the world. What three? The hopeless, the hopeful, and the one who has done away with hope. And what, mendicants, is a hopeless individual? It\u2019s when an individual is reborn in a low family\u2014a family of corpse-workers, bamboo-workers, hunters, chariot-makers, or scavengers\u2014poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find. And they\u2019re ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly\u2014one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don\u2019t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrances, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting. They hear this: \u2018They say the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.\u2019 It never occurs to them: \u2018Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?\u2019 This is called a hopeless individual. And what, mendicants, is a hopeful individual? It\u2019s when someone is the eldest son of an anointed aristocratic king. He has not yet been anointed, but is eligible, and has been confirmed in the succession. He hears this: \u2018They say that the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.\u2019 It occurs to him: \u2018Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?\u2019 This is called a hopeful individual. And what, mendicants, is an individual who has done away with hope? It\u2019s when a king has been anointed. He hears this: \u2018They say that the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.\u2019 It never occurs to him: \u2018Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?\u2019 Why is that? Because the former hope he had to be anointed has now died down. This is called an individual who has done away with hope. These are the three individuals found in the world. In the same way, these three individuals are found among the mendicants. What three? The hopeless, the hopeful, and the one who has done away with hope. And what, mendicants, is a hopeless individual? It\u2019s when an individual is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner\u2014though claiming to be one\u2014rotten inside, festering, and depraved. They hear this: \u2018They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\u2019 It never occurs to them: \u2018Oh, when will I too 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 This is called a hopeless individual. And what, mendicants, is a hopeful individual? It\u2019s when a mendicant is ethical, of good character. They hear this: \u2018They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\u2019 It occurs to them: \u2018Oh, when will I too 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 This is called a hopeful individual. And what, mendicants, is an individual who has done away with hope? It\u2019s when a mendicant is a perfected one, who has ended all defilements. They hear this: \u2018They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\u2019 It never occurs to them: \u2018Oh, when will I too 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 Why is that? Because the former hope they had to be freed has now died down. This is called an individual who has done away with hope. These are the three individuals found among the mendicants.\u201d","title":"Hopes","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":678}