{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.21/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.21","id":"suttacentral_an3.21","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.21/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha and Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita went up to Venerable S\u0101riputta, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, they sat down to one side and Venerable S\u0101riputta said to Venerable Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha, \u201cReverend Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha, these three individuals are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, who do you believe to be the finest?\u201d \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, these three individuals are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, I believe the individual freed by faith to be finest. Why is that? Because this individual\u2019s faculty of faith is extraordinary.\u201d Then S\u0101riputta said to Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, these three people are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, who do you believe to be the finest?\u201d \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, these three individuals are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, I believe the direct witness to be finest. Why is that? Because this individual\u2019s faculty of immersion is extraordinary.\u201d Then Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita said to S\u0101riputta, \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, these three individuals are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, who do you believe to be the finest?\u201d \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, these three people are found in the world. What three? The direct witness, the one attained to view, and the one freed by faith. These are the three individuals found in the world. Of these three individuals, I believe the individual attained to view to be finest. Why is that? Because this individual\u2019s faculty of wisdom is extraordinary.\u201d Then S\u0101riputta said to Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha and Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, \u201cEach of us has spoken from the heart. Come, reverends, let\u2019s go to the Buddha, and tell him about this. As he answers, so we\u2019ll remember it.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d they replied. Then S\u0101riputta, Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha, and Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. Then S\u0101riputta told the Buddha of all they had discussed. \u201cIn this matter, S\u0101riputta, it\u2019s not easy to categorically declare that one of these three individuals is finest. In some cases, an individual freed by faith is practicing for perfection, while the direct witness and the one attained to view are once-returners or non-returners. In this matter, it\u2019s not easy to categorically declare that one of these three individuals is finest. In some cases, a direct witness is practicing for perfection, while the one freed by faith and the one attained to view are once-returners or non-returners. In this matter, it\u2019s not easy to categorically declare that one of these three individuals is finest. In some cases, one attained to view is practicing for perfection, while the one freed by faith and the direct witness are once-returners or non-returners. In this matter, it\u2019s not easy to categorically declare that one of these three individuals is finest.\u201d","title":"With Savi\u1e6d\u1e6dha","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":595}