{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.107/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.107","id":"suttacentral_an4.107","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.107/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four kinds of mice. What four? One makes a hole but doesn\u2019t live in it, one lives in a hole but doesn\u2019t make it, one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and one both makes a hole and lives in it. These are the four kinds of mice. In the same way, these four individuals similar to mice are found in the world. What four? One makes a hole but doesn\u2019t live in it, one lives in a hole but doesn\u2019t make it, one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and one both makes a hole and lives in it. And how does an individual make a hole but not live in it? 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 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 makes a hole but doesn\u2019t live in it. That individual is like a mouse that makes a hole but doesn\u2019t live in it, I say. And how does an individual live in a hole but not make it? It\u2019s when an individual doesn\u2019t memorize the teaching \u2026 But they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how does an individual neither make a hole nor live in it? It\u2019s when an individual doesn\u2019t memorize the teaching \u2026 Nor do they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 And how does an individual both make a hole and live in it? It\u2019s when an individual memorizes the teaching \u2026 And they really understand: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 These four individuals similar to mice are found in the world.\u201d","title":"Mice","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":310}