{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an6.40/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an6.40","id":"suttacentral_an6.40","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.40/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Kimbil\u0101 in the Freshwater Mangrove Wood. Then Venerable Kimbila went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cWhat is the cause, sir, what is the reason why the true teaching does not last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?\u201d \u201cKimbila, it\u2019s when the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen lack respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, diligence, and hospitality after the final quenching of the Realized One. This is the cause, this is the reason why the true teaching does not last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.\u201d \u201cWhat is the cause, sir, what is the reason why the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?\u201d \u201cKimbila, it\u2019s when the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen maintain respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, diligence, and hospitality after the final quenching of the Realized One. This is the cause, this is the reason why the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.\u201d","title":"With Kimbila","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":198}