{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an9.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an9.13","id":"suttacentral_an9.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita went up to Venerable S\u0101riputta, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to S\u0101riputta: \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced in this life be experienced by me in lives to come\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not, reverend.\u201d \u201cThen is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced in lives to come be experienced by me in this life\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cIs the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced as pleasant be experienced by me as painful\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cThen is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced as painful be experienced by me as pleasant\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cIs the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced when ripe be experienced by me when unripe\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cThen is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced when unripe be experienced by me when ripe\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cIs the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced a lot be experienced by me a little\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cThen is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced a little be experienced by me a lot\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cIs the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds to be experienced by me be not experienced\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cThen is the spiritual life led under the Buddha for this goal: \u2018May deeds not to be experienced be experienced\u2019?\u201d \u201cCertainly not.\u201d \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, when you were asked whether the spiritual life was lived under the Buddha so that deeds to be experienced in this life are experienced in lives to come, you said, \u2018Certainly not\u2019. When you were asked whether the spiritual life was lived under the Buddha so that deeds to be experienced in lives to come are experienced in this life \u2026 deeds to be experienced as pleasant are experienced as painful \u2026 deeds to be experienced as painful are experienced as pleasant \u2026 deeds to be experienced when ripe are experienced when unripe \u2026 deeds to be experienced when unripe are experienced when ripe \u2026 deeds to be experienced a lot are experienced a little \u2026 deeds to be experienced a little are experienced a lot \u2026 deeds to be experienced are not experienced \u2026 When you were asked whether the spiritual life was lived under the Buddha so that deeds not to be experienced are experienced, you said, \u2018Certainly not.\u2019 Then what exactly is the goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha?\u201d \u201cReverend, the spiritual life is lived under the Buddha to know, see, attain, realize, and comprehend that which is unknown, unseen, unattained, unrealized, and uncomprehended.\u201d \u201cBut what is the unknown, unseen, unattained, unrealized, and uncomprehended?\u201d \u201c\u2018This is suffering.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.\u2019 \u2026 This is the unknown, unseen, unattained, unrealized, and uncomprehended. The spiritual life is lived under the Buddha to know, see, attain, realize, and comprehend this.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":564}