{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.170/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.170","id":"suttacentral_an4.170","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.170/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time Venerable \u0100nanda was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. There \u0100nanda addressed the mendicants: \u201cReverends, mendicants!\u201d \u201cReverend,\u201d they replied. \u0100nanda said this: \u201cReverends, all of the monks and nuns who declare in my presence that they have attained perfection, did so by one or other of four paths. What four? Take a mendicant who develops serenity before discernment. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies. Another mendicant develops discernment before serenity. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies. Another mendicant develops serenity and discernment in conjunction. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies. Another mendicant\u2019s heart is seized by restlessness to realize the teaching. But there comes a time when their mind is stilled internally; it settles, unifies, and becomes immersed in sam\u0101dhi. The path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies. All of the monks and nuns who declare in my presence that they have attained perfection, did so by one or other of these four paths.\u201d","title":"In Conjunction","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":255}