{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti39/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti39","id":"suttacentral_iti39","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti39/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, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has two approaches to teaching Dhamma. What two? \u2018See evil as evil\u2019\u2014 this is the first approach to teaching Dhamma. \u2018Having seen evil as evil, be disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed from it\u2019\u2014 this is the second approach to teaching Dhamma. The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has these two approaches to teaching Dhamma.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cSee the two approaches for explaining the Dhamma used by the Realized One, the Buddha, compassionate for all beings: see that that is evil, and be dispassionate toward it. Then, with a mind free of desire, you\u2019ll make an end of suffering.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Teaching","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":151}