{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.102/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.102","id":"suttacentral_an4.102","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.102/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\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 memorizes the teaching\u2014 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. But they don\u2019t truly understand: \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. 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 doesn\u2019t memorize the teaching \u2026 But they truly understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how does an individual neither thunder nor rain? It\u2019s when an individual doesn\u2019t memorize the teaching \u2026 Nor do they truly understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how does an individual both thunder and rain? It\u2019s when an individual memorizes the teaching \u2026 And they truly understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 These four individuals similar to clouds are found in the world.\u201d","title":"Clouds (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":254}