{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.54/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.54","id":"suttacentral_an4.54","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.54/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are four ways of living together. What four? A male zombie living with a female zombie; a male zombie living with a goddess; a god living with a female zombie; a god living with a goddess. And how does a male zombie live with a female zombie? It\u2019s when the husband kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct; he uses speech that\u2019s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical; and he\u2019s covetous, malicious, and has wrong view. He\u2019s unethical, of bad character, living at home with his heart full of the stain of stinginess, abusing and insulting ascetics and brahmins. And the wife is also \u2026 unethical, of bad character \u2026 That\u2019s how a male zombie lives with a female zombie. And how does a male zombie live with a goddess? It\u2019s when the husband \u2026 is unethical, of bad character \u2026 But the wife doesn\u2019t kill living creatures, steal, or commit sexual misconduct. She doesn\u2019t use speech that\u2019s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical. And she\u2019s contented, kind-hearted, with right view. She\u2019s ethical, of good character, living at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, not abusing and insulting ascetics and brahmins. That\u2019s how a male zombie lives with a goddess. And how does a god live with a female zombie? It\u2019s when the husband \u2026 is ethical, of good character \u2026 But the wife \u2026 is unethical, of bad character \u2026 That\u2019s how a god lives with a female zombie. And how does a god live with a goddess? It\u2019s when the husband \u2026 is ethical, of good character \u2026 And the wife is also \u2026 ethical, of good character \u2026 That\u2019s how a god lives with a goddess. These are the four ways of living together.\u201d \u2026","title":"Living Together (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":291}