{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.144/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.144","id":"suttacentral_an5.144","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.144/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101keta in Tika\u1e47\u1e0dak\u012b Wood. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, a mendicant would do well to meditate from time to time perceiving the following: the repulsive in the unrepulsive, the unrepulsive in the repulsive, the repulsive in both the unrepulsive and the repulsive, and the unrepulsive in both the repulsive and the unrepulsive. A mendicant would do well to meditate from time to time staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive. For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive? \u2018May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed.\u2019 A mendicant should meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive for this reason. For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in the repulsive? \u2018May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate.\u2019 \u2026 For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the repulsive in both the unrepulsive and the repulsive? \u2018May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed. May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate.\u2019 \u2026 For what reason should a mendicant meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in both the repulsive and the unrepulsive? \u2018May hate not arise in me for things that provoke hate. May greed not arise in me for things that arouse greed.\u2019 \u2026 For what reason should a mendicant meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive? \u2018May no greed for things that arouse greed, hate for things that provoke hate, or delusion for things that promote delusion arise in me in any way at all.\u2019 For this reason a mendicant should meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive.\u201d","title":"At Tika\u1e47\u1e0dak\u012b","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":303}