{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.106/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.106","id":"suttacentral_an5.106","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.106/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, how could a mendicant live comfortably while staying in a monastic community?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s when a mendicant is accomplished in their own ethical conduct, but they don\u2019t urge others to be ethical. That\u2019s how a mendicant could live comfortably while staying in a monastic community.\u201d \u201cBut sir, could there be another way for a mendicant to live comfortably while staying in a monastic community?\u201d \u201cThere could, \u0100nanda. It\u2019s when a mendicant is accomplished in their own ethical conduct, but they don\u2019t urge others to be ethical. And they watch themselves, but don\u2019t watch others. That\u2019s how a mendicant could live comfortably while staying in a monastic community.\u201d \u201cBut sir, could there be another way for a mendicant to live comfortably while staying in a monastic community?\u201d \u201cThere could, \u0100nanda. It\u2019s when a mendicant is accomplished in their own ethical conduct, but they don\u2019t urge others to be ethical. And they watch themselves, but don\u2019t watch others. And they\u2019re not well-known, but aren\u2019t bothered by that. That\u2019s how a mendicant could live comfortably while staying in a monastic community.\u201d \u201cBut sir, could there be another way for a mendicant to live comfortably while staying in a monastic community?\u201d \u201cThere could, \u0100nanda. It\u2019s when a mendicant is accomplished in their own ethical conduct, but they don\u2019t urge others to be ethical. And they watch themselves, but don\u2019t watch others. And they\u2019re not well-known, but aren\u2019t bothered by that. And they get the four absorptions\u2014blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind\u2014when they want, without trouble or difficulty. That\u2019s how a mendicant could live comfortably while staying in a monastic community.\u201d \u201cBut sir, might there be another way for a mendicant to live comfortably while staying in a monastic community?\u201d \u201cThere could, \u0100nanda. It\u2019s when a mendicant is accomplished in their own ethical conduct, but they don\u2019t urge others to be ethical. And they watch themselves, but don\u2019t watch others. And they\u2019re not well-known, but aren\u2019t bothered by that. And they get the four absorptions\u2014blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind\u2014when they want, without trouble or difficulty. And they realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. That\u2019s how a mendicant could live comfortably while staying in a monastic community. And I say that there is no better or finer way of living comfortably than this.\u201d","title":"With \u0100nanda","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":442}