{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.181/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.181","id":"suttacentral_an4.181","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.181/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a warrior with four factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned a factor of kingship. What four? He\u2019s skilled in the basics, a long-distance shooter, a marksman, one who shatters large objects. A warrior with these four factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned a factor of kingship. In the same way, a mendicant with four qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What four? He\u2019s skilled in the basics, a long-distance shooter, a marksman, one who shatters large objects. And how is a mendicant skilled in the basics? It\u2019s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they\u2019ve undertaken. That\u2019s how a mendicant is skilled in the basics. And how is a mendicant a long-distance shooter? It\u2019s when a mendicant truly sees any kind of form at all\u2014past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> form\u2014with right understanding: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 They truly see any kind of feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness at all\u2014past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> consciousness\u2014with right understanding: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 That\u2019s how a mendicant is a long-distance shooter. And how is a mendicant a marksman? It\u2019s when they truly 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 a mendicant is a marksman. And how does a mendicant shatter large objects? It\u2019s when a mendicant shatters the great mass of ignorance. That\u2019s how a mendicant shatters large objects. A mendicant with these four qualities \u2026 is the supreme field of merit for the world.\u201d","title":"A Warrior","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":368}