{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.91/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.91","id":"suttacentral_an3.91","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.91/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Sa\u1e45gha of mendicants. He arrived at a town of the Kosalans named Pa\u1e45kadh\u0101, and stayed there. Now, at that time a monk named Kassapagotta was resident at Pa\u1e45kadh\u0101. There the Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about the training rules. Kassapagotta became quite impatient and bitter, thinking, \u201cThis ascetic is much too strict.\u201d When the Buddha had stayed in Pa\u1e45kadh\u0101 as long as he pleased, he set out for R\u0101jagaha. Traveling stage by stage, he arrived at R\u0101jagaha, and stayed there. Soon after the Buddha left, Kassapagotta became quite remorseful and regretful, thinking, \u201cIt\u2019s my loss, my misfortune, that when the Buddha was talking about the training rules I became quite impatient and bitter, thinking he was much too strict. Why don\u2019t I go to the Buddha and confess my mistake to him?\u201d Then Kassapagotta set his lodgings in order and, taking his bowl and robe, set out for R\u0101jagaha. Eventually he came to R\u0101jagaha and the Vulture\u2019s Peak. He went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened, saying: \u201cI made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me to become impatient and bitter when the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about the training rules, and to think, \u2018This ascetic is much too strict.\u2019 Please, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.\u201d \u201cIndeed, Kassapa, you made a mistake. But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it. For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future. Kassapa, take the case of a senior mendicant who is not eager to train and doesn\u2019t praise taking up the training. They don\u2019t encourage other mendicants who are not eager to train to take up the training. And they don\u2019t truthfully and correctly praise at the right time those mendicants not eager to train. I don\u2019t praise that kind of senior mendicant. Why is that? Because, hearing that I praised that mendicant, other mendicants might want to keep company with them. Then they might follow their example, which would be for their lasting harm and suffering. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t praise that kind of senior mendicant. Take the case of a middle mendicant who doesn\u2019t want to train \u2026 Take the case of a junior mendicant who is not eager to train \u2026 That\u2019s why I don\u2019t praise that kind of junior mendicant. Kassapa, take the case of a senior mendicant who is eager to train and praises taking up the training. They encourage other mendicants who are not eager to train to take up the training. And they truthfully and correctly praise at the right time those mendicants who are eager to train. I praise that kind of senior mendicant. Why is that? Because, hearing that I praised that mendicant, other mendicants might want to keep company with them. Then they might follow their example, which would be for their lasting welfare and happiness. That\u2019s why I praise that kind of senior mendicant. Take the case of a middle mendicant who is eager to train \u2026 Take the case of a junior mendicant who is eager to train \u2026 That\u2019s why I praise that kind of junior mendicant.\u201d","title":"At Pa\u1e45kadh\u0101","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":600}