{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.70/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.70","id":"suttacentral_an7.70","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.70/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then as Venerable S\u0101riputta was in private retreat this thought came to his mind, \u201cWhat should a mendicant honor and respect and rely on, to give up the unskillful and develop the skillful?\u201d Then he thought, \u201cA mendicant should honor and respect and rely on the Teacher \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 the training \u2026 immersion \u2026 diligence \u2026 A mendicant should honor and respect and rely on hospitality, to give up the unskillful and develop the skillful.\u201d Then he thought, \u201cThese qualities are pure and bright in me. Why don\u2019t I go and tell them to the Buddha? Then these qualities will not only be purified in me, but will be better known as purified. Suppose a man were to acquire a gold ingot, pure and bright. They\u2019d think, \u2018My gold ingot is pure and bright. Why don\u2019t I take it to show the smiths? Then it will not only be purified, but will be better known as purified.\u2019 In the same way, these qualities are pure and bright in me. Why don\u2019t I go and tell them to the Buddha? Then these qualities will not only be purified in me, but will be better known as purified.\u201d Then in the late afternoon, S\u0101riputta came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and told the Buddha of his thoughts while on retreat. \u201cGood, good, S\u0101riputta! A mendicant should honor and respect and rely on the Teacher, to give up the unskillful and develop the skillful. A mendicant should honor and respect and rely on the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 the training \u2026 immersion \u2026 diligence \u2026 A mendicant should honor and respect and rely on hospitality, to give up the unskillful and develop the skillful.\u201d When he said this, Venerable S\u0101riputta said to the Buddha: \u201cSir, this is how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher to respect the teaching. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher disrespects the teaching. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher and the teaching to respect the Sa\u1e45gha. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher and the teaching disrespects the Sa\u1e45gha. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha to respect the training. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha disrespects the training. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, and the training to respect immersion. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, and the training disrespects immersion. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, and immersion to respect diligence. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, and immersion disrespects diligence. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence to respect hospitality. A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence disrespects hospitality. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who does respect the Teacher to disrespect the teaching. \u2026 A mendicant who respects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence respects hospitality. It\u2019s quite possible for a mendicant who respects the Teacher to respect the teaching. \u2026 A mendicant who respects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence respects hospitality. That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement.\u201d \u201cGood, good, S\u0101riputta! It\u2019s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I\u2019ve said in brief like this. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who doesn\u2019t respect the Teacher to respect the teaching. \u2026 A mendicant who disrespects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence disrespects hospitality. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who does respect the Teacher to disrespect the teaching. \u2026 A mendicant who respects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence respects hospitality. It\u2019s quite possible for a mendicant who does respect the Teacher to respect the teaching. \u2026 A mendicant who respects the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, immersion, and diligence respects hospitality. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d","title":"Honor","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":741}