{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.136/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.136","id":"suttacentral_an5.136","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.136/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, an anointed aristocratic king\u2019s eldest son with five factors aspires to become a viceroy. What five? It\u2019s when an anointed aristocratic king\u2019s eldest son is well born on both his mother\u2019s and father\u2019s side, stemming from a clean vessel, with irrefutable and impeccable genealogy back to the seventh paternal generation. He is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. He is dear and beloved to his parents. He is dear and beloved to the armed forces. He is astute, competent, and intelligent, able to think issues through as they bear upon the past, future, and present. He thinks: \u2018I\u2019m well born \u2026 attractive \u2026 dear and beloved to my parents \u2026 dear and beloved to the armed forces \u2026 I\u2019m astute, competent, and intelligent, able to think issues through as they bear upon the past, future, and present. Why shouldn\u2019t I aspire to become a viceroy?\u2019 An anointed aristocratic king\u2019s eldest son with these five factors aspires to become a viceroy. In the same way, a mendicant with five qualities aspires to end the defilements. What five? It\u2019s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they\u2019ve undertaken. They\u2019re very learned, remembering and keeping what they\u2019ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that\u2019s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically. Their mind is firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. They live with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They\u2019re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities. They\u2019re wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering. They think: \u2018I\u2019m ethical \u2026 learned \u2026 mindful \u2026 energetic \u2026 wise. I have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering. Why shouldn\u2019t I aspire to end the defilements?\u2019 A mendicant with these five qualities aspires to end the defilements.\u201d","title":"Aspiration (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":381}