{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.104/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.104","id":"suttacentral_an4.104","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.104/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four lakes. What four? One is shallow but appears deep, one is deep but appears shallow, one is shallow and appears shallow, and one is deep and appears deep. These are the four lakes. In the same way, these four individuals similar to lakes are found in the world. What four? One is shallow but appears deep, one is deep but appears shallow, one is shallow and appears shallow, and one is deep and appears deep. And how is an individual shallow but appears deep? It\u2019s when an individual is impressive when going out and coming back, when looking ahead and aside, when bending and extending the limbs, and when bearing the outer robe, bowl and robes. But they don\u2019t really 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 is shallow but appears deep. That individual is like a lake that\u2019s shallow but appears deep, I say. And how is an individual deep but appears shallow? It\u2019s when an individual is not impressive \u2026 But they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how is an individual shallow and appears shallow? It\u2019s when an individual is not impressive \u2026 Nor do they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how is an individual deep and appears deep? It\u2019s when an individual is impressive \u2026 And they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 These four individuals similar to lakes are found in the world.\u201d","title":"Lakes","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":263}