{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.179/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.179","id":"suttacentral_an4.179","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.179/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to Venerable S\u0101riputta, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, \u0100nanda sat down to one side, and said to S\u0101riputta: \u201cWhat is the cause, Reverend S\u0101riputta, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?\u201d \u201cReverend \u0100nanda, it\u2019s because some sentient beings don\u2019t really understand which perceptions make things worse, which keep things steady, which lead to distinction, and which lead to penetration. That\u2019s the cause, that\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life.\u201d \u201cWhat is the cause, Reverend S\u0101riputta, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?\u201d \u201cReverend \u0100nanda, it\u2019s because some sentient beings truly understand which perceptions make things worse, which keep things steady, which lead to distinction, and which lead to penetration. That\u2019s the cause, that\u2019s the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life.\u201d","title":"Extinguishment","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":164}