{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti35/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti35","id":"suttacentral_iti35","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti35/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cMendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of fawning or flattering people, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor thinking, \u2018So let people know about me!\u2019 This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint and giving up.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cThe Buddha taught the spiritual life not because of legends, but for the sake of restraint and giving up, and because its objective is extinguishment. This is the path followed by the great souls, the great seers. Those who practice it as it was taught by the Buddha doing the Teacher\u2019s bidding, make an end of suffering.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Fawning and Flattery","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":143}