{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.41/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.41","id":"suttacentral_sn1.41","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.41/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 recited these verses in the Buddha\u2019s presence: \u201cWhen your house is on fire, you rescue the pot that\u2019s useful, not the one that\u2019s burnt. And as the world is on fire with old age and death, you should rescue by giving, for what\u2019s given is rescued. What\u2019s given has happiness as its fruit, but not what isn\u2019t given. Bandits take it, or rulers, it\u2019s consumed by fire, or lost. Then in the end this corpse is cast off, along with all your possessions. Knowing this, an intelligent person would enjoy what they have and also give it away. After giving and using according to their means, blameless, they go to a heavenly place.\u201d","title":"On Fire","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":155}