{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn1.76/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn1.76","id":"suttacentral_sn1.76","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.76/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cWhat ages, what does not age? What\u2019s called a deviation? What\u2019s a roadblock for skillful qualities? What is ending day and night? What\u2019s the stain of celibacy? What\u2019s the waterless bath? How many holes are there in the world, where one\u2019s wealth leaks out? We\u2019ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?\u201d \u201cThe physical form of mortals gets old, but their name and clan don\u2019t. Lust is called a deviation, and greed is a roadblock for skillful qualities. Youth is ending day and night. Women are the stain of chastity, to which this generation clings. Fervor and chastity are the waterless bath. There are six holes in the world, where one\u2019s wealth leaks out: laziness and negligence, lack of initiative and lack of restraint, sleepiness and sloth. You should completely get rid of these holes!\u201d","title":"Getting Old","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":140}