{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an9.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an9.2","id":"suttacentral_an9.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of being \u2018supported\u2019. How is a mendicant who is supported defined?\u201d \u201cMendicant, if a mendicant supported by faith gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful, the unskillful is actually given up by them. If a mendicant supported by conscience \u2026 If a mendicant supported by prudence \u2026 If a mendicant supported by energy \u2026 If a mendicant supported by wisdom gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful, the unskillful is actually given up by them. What\u2019s been given up is completely given up when it has been given up by seeing with noble wisdom. But then, a mendicant grounded on these five things should rely on four things. What four? After appraisal, a mendicant uses some things, endures some things, avoids some things, and dispels some things. That\u2019s how a mendicant is supported.\u201d","title":"Supported","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":156}