{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.249/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.249","id":"suttacentral_an5.249","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.249/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these five drawbacks to a charnel ground. What five? It\u2019s filthy, stinking, frightening, a gathering place for savage monsters, and a weeping place for many people. These are the five drawbacks of a charnel ground. In the same way there are five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground. What five? To start with, an individual has filthy conduct by way of body, speech, and mind. This is how they\u2019re filthy, I say. That individual is just as filthy as a charnel ground. Because of their filthy conduct, they get a bad reputation. This is how they\u2019re stinky, I say. That individual is just as stinky as a charnel ground. Because of their filthy conduct, good-hearted spiritual companions avoid them from afar. That\u2019s how they\u2019re frightening, I say. That individual is just as frightening as a charnel ground. Because of their filthy conduct, they live together with individuals of a similar character. This is how they gather with savage monsters, I say. That individual is just as much a gathering place of savage monsters as a charnel ground. Because of their filthy conduct, when good-hearted spiritual companions see them they complain: \u2018Oh, it\u2019s so painful for us to have to live together with such as these.\u2019 This is how there\u2019s weeping, I say. This person is just as much a weeping place for many people as a charnel ground. These are the five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.\u201d","title":"A Charnel Ground","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":245}