{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.62/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.62","id":"suttacentral_an3.62","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.62/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, an unlearned ordinary person speaks of three perils that tear mothers and children apart. What three? There comes a time when a great fire flares up, and it burns villages, towns, and cities. When this happens, a mother can\u2019t find her child, and a child can\u2019t find their mother. This is the first peril that tears mothers and children apart. Furthermore, there comes a time when a great storm gathers, and it unleashes a mighty flood that sweeps away villages, towns, and cities. When this happens, a mother can\u2019t find her child, and a child can\u2019t find their mother. This is the second peril that tears mothers and children apart. Furthermore, there comes a time of peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere. When this happens, a mother can\u2019t find her child, and a child can\u2019t find their mother. This is the third peril that tears mothers and children apart. These are the three perils an unlearned ordinary person speaks of that tear mothers and children apart. Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person speaks of three perils that don\u2019t tear mothers and children apart. What three? There comes a time when a great fire flares up, and it burns villages, towns, and cities. When this happens, sometimes a mother can find her child, and a child can find their mother. This is the first peril that doesn\u2019t tear mothers and children apart. Furthermore, there comes a time when a great storm gathers, and it unleashes a mighty flood that sweeps away villages, towns, and cities. When this happens, sometimes a mother can find her child, and a child can find their mother. This is the second peril that doesn\u2019t tear mothers and children apart. Furthermore, there comes a time of peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere. When this happens, sometimes a mother can find her child, and a child can find their mother. This is the third peril that doesn\u2019t tear mothers and children apart. These are the three perils an unlearned ordinary person speaks of that don\u2019t tear mothers and children apart. There are three perils that tear mothers and children apart. What three? The perils of old age, sickness, and death. When a child is growing old, a mother doesn\u2019t get her wish: \u2018Let me grow old, may my child not grow old!\u2019 When a mother is growing old, a child doesn\u2019t get their wish: \u2018Let me grow old, may my mother not grow old!\u2019 When a child is sick, a mother doesn\u2019t get her wish: \u2018Let me be sick, may my child not be sick!\u2019 When a mother is sick, a child doesn\u2019t get their wish: \u2018Let me be sick, may my mother not be sick!\u2019 When a child is dying, a mother doesn\u2019t get her wish: \u2018Let me die, may my child not die!\u2019 When a mother is dying, a child doesn\u2019t get their wish: \u2018Let me die, may my mother not die!\u2019 These are the three perils that tear mothers and children apart. There is a path and a practice that leads to giving up and going beyond the three perils that don\u2019t tear mothers and children apart, and the three perils that do tear mothers and children apart. What is that path and practice? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is the path, this is the practice that leads to giving up and going beyond the three perils that don\u2019t tear mothers and children apart, and the three perils that do tear mothers and children apart.\u201d","title":"Perils","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":622}