{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.209/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.209","id":"suttacentral_an5.209","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.209/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these five drawbacks in reciting with a drawn-out singing voice. What five? You relish the sound of your own voice. Others relish the sound of your voice. Householders complain: \u2018These ascetics who follow the Sakyan, sing just like us!\u2019 When you\u2019re enjoying the melody, your immersion breaks up. Those who come after follow your example. These are the five drawbacks in reciting with a drawn-out singing voice.\u201d","title":"The Sound of Singing","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":70}