{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.73/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.73","id":"suttacentral_an5.73","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.73/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of \u2018one who lives by the teaching\u2019. How is a mendicant who lives by the teaching defined?\u201d \u201cMendicant, take a mendicant who memorizes the teaching\u2014 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. They spend too much time studying that teaching. They neglect retreat, and are not committed to internal serenity of heart. That mendicant is called one who studies a lot, not one who lives by the teaching. Furthermore, a mendicant teaches Dhamma in detail to others as they learned and memorized it. They spend too much time advocating that teaching. They neglect retreat, and are not committed to internal serenity of heart. That mendicant is called one who advocates a lot, not one who lives by the teaching. Furthermore, a mendicant rehearses the teaching in detail as they learned and memorized it. They spend too much time reciting that teaching. They neglect retreat, and are not committed to internal serenity of heart. That mendicant is called one who rehearses a lot, not one who lives by the teaching. Furthermore, a mendicant thinks about and considers the teaching in their heart, examining it with the mind as they learned and memorized it. They spend too much time thinking about that teaching. They neglect retreat, and are not committed to internal serenity of heart. That mendicant is called one who thinks a lot, not one who lives by the teaching. Take a mendicant who memorizes the teaching\u2014 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. They don\u2019t spend too much time studying that teaching. They don\u2019t neglect retreat, and they\u2019re committed to internal serenity of heart. That\u2019s how a mendicant is one who lives by the teaching. So, mendicant, I\u2019ve taught you the one who studies a lot, the one who advocates a lot, the one who rehearses a lot, the one who thinks a lot, and the one who lives by the teaching. Out of sympathy, I\u2019ve done what a teacher should do who wants what\u2019s best for their disciples. Here are these roots of trees, and here are these empty huts. Practice absorption, mendicant! Don\u2019t be negligent! Don\u2019t regret it later! This is my instruction to you.\u201d","title":"One Who Lives by the Teaching (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":400}