{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.25/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.25","id":"suttacentral_an3.25","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.25/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cThese three individuals are found in the world. What three? An individual with a mind like an open sore, an individual with a mind like lightning, and an individual with a mind like diamond. And who has a mind like an open sore? It\u2019s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered. Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. They\u2019re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more. In the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered. Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. This is called an individual with a mind like an open sore. And who has a mind like lightning? It\u2019s an individual who truly understands: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019. They\u2019re like a person with keen eyes in the dark of the night, who sees by a flash of lightning. In the same way, an individual truly understands: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019. This is called an individual with a mind like lightning. And who has a mind like diamond? It\u2019s an individual who realizes 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. It\u2019s like a diamond, which can\u2019t be cut by anything at all, not even a gem or a stone. In the same way, an individual realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom \u2026 in this very life \u2026 This is called an individual with a mind like diamond. These are the three individuals found in the world.\u201d","title":"Like Diamond","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":342}