{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.157/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.157","id":"suttacentral_an3.157","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.157/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"What three? The addicted practice, the scorching practice, the middle practice. And what\u2019s the addicted practice? \u2026 This is called the addicted practice. And what is the scorching practice? \u2026 This is called the scorching practice. And what\u2019s the middle practice? It\u2019s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don\u2019t arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. \u2026","title":"Mendicants, there are three practices.","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":134}