{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.73/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.73","id":"suttacentral_an7.73","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.73/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, there was a teacher named Sunetta. He was a religious founder and was free of desire for sensual pleasures. He had many hundreds of disciples. He taught them a Dhamma for rebirth in the company of Divinity. Those lacking confidence in Sunetta were\u2014when their body broke up, after death\u2014reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. Those full of confidence in Sunetta were\u2014when their body broke up, after death\u2014reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. Once upon a time, there was a teacher named M\u016bgapakkha \u2026 Aranemi \u2026 Kudd\u0101laka \u2026 Hatthip\u0101la \u2026 Jotip\u0101la \u2026 Araka. He was a religious founder and was free of desire for sensual pleasures. He had many hundreds of disciples. He taught them a Dhamma for rebirth in the company of Divinity. Those lacking confidence in Araka were\u2014when their body broke up, after death\u2014reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. Those full of confidence in Araka were\u2014when their body broke up, after death\u2014reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. What do you think, mendicants? If someone with malicious intent were to abuse and insult these seven teachers with their hundreds of followers, would they not brim with much wickedness?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cThey would indeed. But someone who abuses and insults a single individual accomplished in view with malicious intent brims even more with wickedness. Why is that? I say that any injury done by those outside of the Buddhist community does not compare with what is done to one\u2019s own spiritual companions. So you should train like this: \u2018We will have no malicious intent for our spiritual companions.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"About Sunetta","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":283}