{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.19/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.19","id":"suttacentral_an3.19","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.19/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a shopkeeper who has three factors is unable to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they\u2019ve already acquired. What three? It\u2019s when a shopkeeper doesn\u2019t carefully focus on their work in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon. A shopkeeper who has these three factors is unable to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they\u2019ve already acquired. In the same way, a mendicant with three qualities is unable to acquire more skillful qualities or to increase the skillful qualities they\u2019ve already acquired. What three? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t carefully focus on a meditation subject as a basis of immersion in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon. A mendicant who possesses these three qualities is unable to acquire more skillful qualities or to increase the skillful qualities they\u2019ve already acquired. A shopkeeper who has three factors is able to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they\u2019ve already acquired. What three? It\u2019s when a shopkeeper carefully focuses on their work in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon. A shopkeeper who has these three factors is able to acquire more wealth or to increase the wealth they\u2019ve already acquired. In the same way, a mendicant with three qualities is able to acquire more skillful qualities or to increase the skillful qualities they\u2019ve already acquired. What three? It\u2019s when a mendicant carefully focuses on a meditation subject as a basis of immersion in the morning, at midday, and in the afternoon. A mendicant who possesses these three qualities is able to acquire more skillful qualities or to increase the skillful qualities they\u2019ve already acquired.\u201d","title":"A Shopkeeper (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":273}