{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.79/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.79","id":"suttacentral_an4.79","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.79/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable S\u0101riputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, what is the cause, what is the reason why for different people the same kind of business undertaking might fail, while another doesn\u2019t meet expectations, another meets expectations, and another exceeds expectations?\u201d \u201cS\u0101riputta, take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. But they fail to give what\u2019s requested. When they\u2019ve passed away from that life, if they\u2019re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake fails. Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what\u2019s requested, but don\u2019t meet expectations. When they\u2019ve passed away from that life, if they\u2019re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake doesn\u2019t meet expectations. Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what\u2019s requested, meeting expectations. When they\u2019ve passed away from that life, if they\u2019re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake meets expectations. Take a case where someone goes to an ascetic or brahmin and invites them to ask for what they need. They give what\u2019s requested, exceeding expectations. When they\u2019ve passed away from that life, if they\u2019re reborn in this place, whatever business they undertake exceeds expectations. This is the cause, this is the reason why for different people the same kind of business undertaking might fail, while another doesn\u2019t meet expectations, another meets expectations, and another exceeds expectations.\u201d","title":"Business","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":267}