{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_cp25/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_cp25","id":"suttacentral_cp25","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/cp25/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cThen again when I was in the city of Brahmava\u1e0d\u1e0dhana, I was reborn there in a fine, wealthy, and eminent family. Even so, I saw that the world had become blind, smothered in darkness. My mind recoiled from rebirth, as if harshly pricked by a goad. Seeing the many forms of wickedness, I thought to myself: \u2018When shall I leave the house and enter the forest?\u2019 Then too my relatives invited me to enjoy the pleasures of the senses. I told them of my desire, saying, \u2018Do not invite me to such things!\u2019 My younger brother, who was named Nanda the astute, followed my ethical practices, and chose to go forth. I, So\u1e47a, and Nanda, and both my mother and father, then discarded our riches and entered the great forest.\u201d","title":"So\u1e47a the Astute\u2019s Conduct","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":130}