{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.20/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.20","id":"suttacentral_sn1.20","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.20/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Hot Springs Monastery. Then Venerable Samiddhi rose at the crack of dawn and went to the hot springs to bathe. When he had bathed and emerged from the water he stood in one robe drying his limbs. Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire hot springs, went up to Samiddhi, and, standing in the air, addressed him in verse: \u201cMendicant, you seek alms before you eat; you don\u2019t seek alms after eating. But you should eat first, then seek alms: don\u2019t let the time pass you by.\u201d \u201cI actually don\u2019t know the time; it\u2019s hidden and unseen. That\u2019s why I seek alms before eating, so that the time may not pass me by!\u201d Then that deity landed on the ground and said to Samiddhi, \u201cYou\u2019ve gone forth while young, mendicant. With pristine black hair, you\u2019re blessed with youth, in the prime of life, and you\u2019ve never flirted with sensual pleasures. Enjoy human sensual pleasures! Don\u2019t give up what is apparent in the present to chase after what takes effect over time.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not, respectable sir. I\u2019m giving up what takes effect over time to chase after what is apparent in the present. For the Buddha has said that sensual pleasures take effect over time, with much suffering and distress, and they\u2019re all the more full of drawbacks. But this teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.\u201d \u201cBut in what way, mendicant, has the Buddha said that sensual pleasures take effect over time, with much suffering and distress, and they\u2019re all the more full of drawbacks? And how is this teaching apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m junior, respectable sir, recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training. I\u2019m not able to explain this in detail. But he, that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Hot Springs Monastery. You should approach him and ask about this matter. And you should remember it in line with the Buddha\u2019s answer.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not easy for us to approach the Buddha, as he is surrounded by other illustrious deities. If you go to the Buddha and ask him about this matter, we\u2019ll come along and listen to the teaching.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d Venerable Samiddhi replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then he added: \u201cSir, if that deity spoke the truth, he\u2019ll be close by.\u201d When he had spoken, that deity said to Samiddhi, \u201cAsk, mendicant, ask! For I have arrived.\u201d Then the Buddha addressed the deity in verse: \u201cSentient beings who perceive the communicable, become established in the communicable. Not understanding the communicable, they fall under the yoke of Death. But having fully understood the communicable, they don\u2019t conceive a communicator, for they have nothing by which they might be described. Tell me if you understand, spirit.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement. Please teach me this matter so I can understand the detailed meaning.\u201d \u201cIf you think that \u2018I\u2019m equal, special, or worse\u2019, you\u2019ll dispute about that. Unwavering in the face of the three discriminations, they have no thought, \u2018I\u2019m equal or special\u2019. Tell me if you understand, spirit.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement. Please teach me this matter so I can understand the detailed meaning.\u201d \u201cThey gave up judgment without falling into conceit; craving for name and form was cut off right here. They cut the ties, untroubled, <j>with no need for hope. Though gods and humans search for them in this life or the next, they never find them, not in heaven nor in any abode. Tell me if you understand, spirit.\u201d \u201cThis is how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement: You should never do anything bad by speech or mind or body in all the world. Having given up sensual pleasures, <j>mindful and aware, you shouldn\u2019t keep doing  <j>what\u2019s painful and pointless.\u201d","title":"With Samiddhi","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":705}