{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.87/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.87","id":"suttacentral_an8.87","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.87/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, the Sa\u1e45gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upside down for a lay follower on eight grounds. What eight? They try to prevent the mendicants from getting material things. They try to harm mendicants. They try to drive mendicants from a monastery. They insult and abuse mendicants. They divide mendicants against each other. They criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. The Sa\u1e45gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upside down for a lay follower on these eight grounds. The Sa\u1e45gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upright for a lay follower on eight grounds. What eight? They don\u2019t try to prevent the mendicants from getting material things. They don\u2019t try to harm mendicants. They don\u2019t try to drive mendicants from a monastery. They don\u2019t insult and abuse mendicants. They don\u2019t divide mendicants against each other. They don\u2019t criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. The Sa\u1e45gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upright for a lay follower on these eight grounds.\u201d","title":"Turning the Bowl Upside Down","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":169}