{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an6.27/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an6.27","id":"suttacentral_an6.27","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.27/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, how many occasions are there for going to see an esteemed mendicant?\u201d \u201cMendicant, there are six occasions for going to see an esteemed mendicant. What six? Firstly, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant\u2019s heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire, and they don\u2019t truly understand the escape from sensual desire that has arisen. On that occasion they should go to an esteemed mendicant and say: \u2018My heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire, and I don\u2019t truly understand the escape from sensual desire that has arisen. Venerable, please teach me how to give up sensual desire.\u2019 Then that esteemed mendicant teaches them how to give up sensual desire. This is the first occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant\u2019s heart is overcome and mired in ill will \u2026 This is the second occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant\u2019s heart is overcome and mired in dullness and drowsiness \u2026 This is the third occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant\u2019s heart is overcome and mired in restlessness and remorse \u2026 This is the fourth occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant\u2019s heart is overcome and mired in doubt \u2026 This is the fifth occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when a mendicant doesn\u2019t understand what kind of meditation they need to focus on in order to end the defilements without delay. On that occasion they should go to an esteemed mendicant and say: \u2018I don\u2019t understand what kind of meditation to focus on in order to end the defilements without delay. Venerable, please teach me how to end the defilements.\u2019 Then that esteemed mendicant teaches them how to end the defilements. This is the sixth occasion for going to see an esteemed mendicant. These are the six occasions for going to see an esteemed mendicant.\u201d","title":"Proper Occasions (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":354}