{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.109/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.109","id":"suttacentral_an4.109","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.109/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four kinds of tree. What four? One is a softwood surrounded by softwoods, one is a softwood surrounded by hardwoods, one is a hardwood surrounded by softwoods, and one is a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods. These are the four kinds of tree. In the same way, these four individuals similar to trees are found in the world. What four? One is a softwood surrounded by softwoods, one is a softwood surrounded by hardwoods, one is a hardwood surrounded by softwoods, and one is a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods. And how is an individual a softwood surrounded by softwoods? It\u2019s when an individual is unethical, of bad character, and their followers are the same. That\u2019s how an individual is a softwood surrounded by softwoods. That individual is like a softwood tree that\u2019s surrounded by softwoods, I say. And how is an individual a softwood surrounded by hardwoods? It\u2019s when an individual is unethical, of bad character, but their followers are ethical, of good character. \u2026 And how is an individual a hardwood surrounded by softwoods? It\u2019s when an individual is ethical, of good character, but their followers are unethical, of bad character. \u2026 And how is an individual a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods? It\u2019s when an individual is ethical, of good character, and their followers are the same. These four individuals similar to trees are found in the world.\u201d","title":"Trees","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":232}