{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.6","id":"suttacentral_an8.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, the eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and the world revolves around the eight worldly conditions. What eight? Gain and loss, fame and disgrace, blame and praise, pleasure and pain. These eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and the world revolves around these eight worldly conditions. An unlearned ordinary person encounters gain and loss, fame and disgrace, blame and praise, and pleasure and pain. And so does a learned noble disciple. What, then, is the difference between a learned noble disciple and an ordinary unlearned person?\u201d \u201cOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. He is our guide and our refuge. Sir, may the Buddha himself please clarify the meaning of this. The mendicants will listen and remember it.\u201d \u201cWell then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, an unlearned ordinary person encounters gain. They don\u2019t reflect: \u2018I\u2019ve encountered this gain. It\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable.\u2019 They don\u2019t truly understand it. They encounter loss \u2026 fame \u2026 disgrace \u2026 blame \u2026 praise \u2026 pleasure \u2026 pain. They don\u2019t reflect: \u2018I\u2019ve encountered this pain. It\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable.\u2019 They don\u2019t truly understand it. So gain and loss, fame and disgrace, blame and praise, and pleasure and pain occupy their mind. They favor gain and oppose loss. They favor fame and oppose disgrace. They favor praise and oppose blame. They favor pleasure and oppose pain. Being so full of favoring and opposing, they\u2019re not freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. They\u2019re not freed from suffering, I say. A learned noble disciple encounters gain. They reflect: \u2018I\u2019ve encountered this gain. It\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable.\u2019 They truly understand it. They encounter loss \u2026 fame \u2026 disgrace \u2026 blame \u2026 praise \u2026 pleasure \u2026 pain. They reflect: \u2018I\u2019ve encountered this pain. It\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable.\u2019 They truly understand it. So gain and loss, fame and disgrace, blame and praise, and pleasure and pain don\u2019t occupy their mind. They don\u2019t favor gain or oppose loss. They don\u2019t favor fame or oppose disgrace. They don\u2019t favor praise or oppose blame. They don\u2019t favor pleasure or oppose pain. Having given up favoring and opposing, they\u2019re freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. They\u2019re freed from suffering, I say. This is the difference between a learned noble disciple and an unlearned ordinary person. Gain and loss, fame and disgrace, blame and praise, and pleasure and pain. These qualities among mankind are impermanent, transient, and perishable. An intelligent and mindful person knows these things, seeing that they\u2019re perishable. Desirable things don\u2019t disturb their mind, nor are they repelled by the undesirable. Both favoring and opposing are cleared and disappeared, they are no more. Knowing the stainless, sorrowless state, they who have gone beyond rebirth <j>understand rightly.\u201d","title":"Worldly Conditions (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":478}