{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.63/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.63","id":"suttacentral_an4.63","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.63/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with divinity. A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the first tutors. A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the elder gods. A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with those worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods. \u2018Divinity\u2019 is a term for your parents. \u2018First tutors\u2019 is a term for your parents. \u2018Elder gods\u2019 is a term for your parents. \u2018Worthy of an offering dedicated to the gods\u2019 is a term for your parents. Why is that? Parents are very helpful to their children, they raise them, nurture them, and show them the world. Parents are said to be \u2018Divinity\u2019 and \u2018first tutors\u2019. They\u2019re worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods <j>from their children, for they love their offspring. Therefore an astute person would revere them and honor them with food and drink, clothes and bedding, by anointing and bathing, and by washing their feet. Because they look after their parents like this, they\u2019re praised in this life by the astute, and they depart to rejoice in heaven.\u201d","title":"Living with Divinity","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":211}