{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.72/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.72","id":"suttacentral_an3.72","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.72/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time Venerable \u0100nanda was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then a householder who was a disciple of the \u0100j\u012bvaka ascetics went up to Venerable \u0100nanda, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to \u0100nanda: \u201cHonorable \u0100nanda, whose teaching is well explained? Who in the world is practicing well? Who in the world has done well?\u201d \u201cWell then, householder, I\u2019ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like. What do you think, householder? Is the teaching of those who teach for giving up greed, hate, and delusion well explained or not? Or how do you see this?\u201d \u201cThe teaching of those who teach for giving up greed, hate, and delusion is well explained. That\u2019s how I see it.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, householder? Are those who practice for giving up greed, hate, and delusion practicing well or not? Or how do you see this?\u201d \u201cThose who practice for giving up greed, hate, and delusion are practicing well. That\u2019s how I see it.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, householder? Have those who\u2019ve given up greed, hate, and delusion\u2014so they\u2019re cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future\u2014done well in the world, or not? Or how do you see this?\u201d \u201cThose who\u2019ve given up greed, hate, and delusion have done well in the world. That\u2019s how I see it.\u201d \u201cSo, householder, you\u2019ve declared: \u2018The teaching of those who teach for giving up greed, hate, and delusion is well explained.\u2019 And you\u2019ve declared: \u2018Those who practice for giving up greed, hate, and delusion are practicing well.\u2019 And you\u2019ve declared: \u2018Those who\u2019ve given up greed, hate, and delusion have done well in the world.\u2019\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s incredible, sir, it\u2019s amazing! There\u2019s no acclaiming your own teaching or disrespecting someone else\u2019s, just teaching what\u2019s relevant in that context. The goal is spoken of, but the self is not involved. You, sir, teach Dhamma for giving up greed, hate, and delusion. Your teaching is well explained. You, sir, practice for giving up greed, hate, and delusion. You in the world are practicing well. You\u2019ve given up greed, hate, and delusion. You in the world have done well. Excellent, sir! Excellent! As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what\u2019s there, Master \u0100nanda has made the teaching clear in many ways. I go for refuge to the Buddha, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Sa\u1e45gha. From this day forth, may Master \u0100nanda remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.\u201d","title":"A Disciple of the \u0100j\u012bvakas","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":450}