{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an6.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an6.17","id":"suttacentral_an6.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then in the late afternoon, the Buddha came out of retreat, went to the assembly hall, and sat down on the seat spread out. Venerable S\u0101riputta also came out of retreat, went to the assembly hall, bowed to the Buddha and sat down to one side. Venerables Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na, Mah\u0101kassapa, Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na, Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, Mah\u0101cunda, Mah\u0101kappina, Anuruddha, Revata, and \u0100nanda did the same. The Buddha spent much of the night sitting in meditation, then rose from his seat and entered his dwelling. And soon after the Buddha left those venerables each went to their own dwelling. But those mendicants who were junior, recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training slept until the sun came up, snoring. The Buddha saw them doing this, with his clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman. He went to the assembly hall, sat down on the seat spread out, and addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, where is S\u0101riputta? Where are Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na, Mah\u0101kassapa, Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na, Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, Mah\u0101cunda, Mah\u0101kappina, Anuruddha, Revata, and \u0100nanda? Where have these senior disciples gone?\u201d \u201cSoon after the Buddha left those venerables each went to their own dwelling.\u201d \u201cSo, mendicants, when the senior mendicants left, why did you sleep until the sun came up, snoring? What do you think, mendicants? Have you ever seen or heard of an anointed aristocratic king who rules his whole life, dear and beloved to the country, while indulging in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing as much as he likes?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, mendicants! I too have never seen or heard of such a thing. What do you think, mendicants? Have you ever seen or heard of an appointed official \u2026 a hereditary official \u2026 a general \u2026 a village chief \u2026 or a guild head who runs the guild his whole life, dear and beloved to the guild, while indulging in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing as much as he likes?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, mendicants! I too have never seen or heard of such a thing. What do you think, mendicants? Have you ever seen or heard of an ascetic or brahmin who indulges in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing as much as they like? Their sense doors are unguarded, they eat too much, they\u2019re not dedicated to wakefulness, they\u2019re unable to discern skillful qualities, and they don\u2019t pursue the development of the qualities on the side of awakening in the evening and toward dawn. Yet they realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, mendicants! I too have never seen or heard of such a thing. So you should train like this: \u2018We will guard our sense doors, eat in moderation, be dedicated to wakefulness, discern skillful qualities, and pursue the development of the qualities on the side of awakening in the evening and toward dawn.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"Sleep","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":510}