{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.17","id":"suttacentral_sn1.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cHard to do, hard to endure, is the ascetic life for the inept, for it has many narrow passes where the fool founders.\u201d \u201cHow many days could an ascetic live without controlling the mind? They\u2019d founder with each step, under the sway of thoughts. A mendicant should collect their thoughts as a tortoise draws its limbs into its shell. Independent, not disturbing others, quenched: they wouldn\u2019t blame anyone.\u201d","title":"Hard to Do","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":68}