{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.101/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.101","id":"suttacentral_an4.101","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.101/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. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, there are these four kinds of clouds. What four? One thunders but doesn\u2019t rain, one rains but doesn\u2019t thunder, one neither thunders nor rains, and one both rains and thunders. These are the four kinds of clouds. In the same way, these four individuals similar to clouds are found in the world. What four? One thunders but doesn\u2019t rain, one rains but doesn\u2019t thunder, one neither thunders nor rains, and one both rains and thunders. And how does an individual thunder but not rain? It\u2019s when an individual is a talker, not a doer. That\u2019s how an individual thunders but doesn\u2019t rain. That individual is like a cloud that thunders but doesn\u2019t rain, I say. And how does an individual rain but not thunder? It\u2019s when an individual is a doer, not a talker. \u2026 And how does an individual neither thunder nor rain? It\u2019s when an individual is neither a talker nor a doer. \u2026 And how does an individual both thunder and rain? It\u2019s when an individual is both a talker and a doer. \u2026 These four individuals similar to clouds are found in the world.\u201d","title":"Clouds (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":222}