{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.6","id":"suttacentral_an4.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. What four? They may have: Little learning and not get the point of learning. Little learning but get the point of learning. Much learning but not get the point of learning. Much learning and get the point of learning. And how has an individual learned little and not got the point of learning? It\u2019s when an individual has learned little of the statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. And with the little they\u2019ve learned, they understand neither the meaning nor the teaching, nor do they practice in line with the teaching. That\u2019s how an individual has learned little and not got the point of learning. And how has an individual learned little but has got the point of learning? It\u2019s when an individual has learned little of the statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. But with the little they\u2019ve learned, they understand the meaning and the teaching, and they practice in line with the teaching. That\u2019s how an individual has learned little but has got the point of learning. And how has an individual learned much but hasn\u2019t got the point of learning? It\u2019s when an individual has learned much of the statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. But even though they\u2019ve learned much, they understand neither the meaning nor the teaching, nor do they practice in line with the teaching. That\u2019s how an individual has learned much but hasn\u2019t got the point of learning. And how has an individual learned much and has got the point of learning? It\u2019s when an individual has learned much of the statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. And with the large amount they\u2019ve learned, they understand the meaning and the teaching, and they practice in line with the teaching. That\u2019s how an individual has learned much and has got the point of learning. These are the four individuals found in the world. If you don\u2019t learn much, and aren\u2019t steady in ethics, they\u2019ll criticize you on both counts, for your ethics and your learning. If you don\u2019t learn much, and you are steady in ethics, they\u2019ll praise your ethical conduct, since your learning has succeeded. If you learn much, but aren\u2019t steady in ethics, they\u2019ll criticize your ethical conduct, for your learning hasn\u2019t succeeded. If you learn much, and you are steady in ethics, they\u2019ll praise you on both counts, for your ethics and your learning. A wise disciple of the Buddha who is learned and has memorized the teachings; like a pendant of Black Plum River gold, who is worthy to criticize them? Even the gods praise them, and by the Divinity, too, they\u2019re praised.\u201d","title":"A Little Learning","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":490}