{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.1","id":"suttacentral_sn1.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta\u2019s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, \u201cGood fellow, how did you cross the flood?\u201d \u201cNeither standing nor swimming, respectable sir, I crossed the flood.\u201d \u201cBut in what way did you cross the flood neither standing nor swimming?\u201d \u201cWhen I stood, I sank under. When I swam, I was swept away. That\u2019s how I crossed the flood neither standing nor swimming.\u201d \u201cAfter a long time I see a brahmin fully quenched. Neither standing nor swimming, he\u2019s crossed over clinging to the world.\u201d That is what that deity said, and the Teacher concurred. Then that deity, knowing that the Teacher concurred, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.","title":"Crossing the Flood","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":153}