{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.25/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.25","id":"suttacentral_sn1.25","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.25/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cWhen a mendicant is perfected, well-versed, with defilements ended, bearing the final body: would they say, \u2018I speak\u2019, or even \u2018they speak to me\u2019?\u201d \u201cWhen a mendicant is perfected, well-versed, with defilements ended, bearing the final body: they would say, \u2018I speak\u2019, and also \u2018they speak to me\u2019. Skillful, understanding the world\u2019s labels, they\u2019d use these terms as mere expressions.\u201d \u201cWhen a mendicant is perfected, well-versed, with defilements ended, bearing the final body: is such a mendicant drawing close to conceit if they\u2019d say, \u2018I speak\u2019, or even \u2018they speak to me\u2019?\u201d \u201cSomeone who has given up conceit has no ties, the ties of conceit are all dissipated. Though that intelligent person <j>has passed beyond conceiving, they\u2019d still say, \u2018I speak\u2019, and also \u2018they speak to me\u2019. Skillful, understanding the world\u2019s labels, they\u2019d use these terms as mere expressions.\u201d","title":"A Perfected One","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":139}