{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn10.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn10.3","id":"suttacentral_sn10.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn10.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Gay\u0101 on the cut-stone ledge in the haunt of Spiky the native spirit. Now at that time the native spirits Shaggy and Spiky were passing by not far from the Buddha. So Shaggy said to Spiky, \u201cThat\u2019s an ascetic.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s no ascetic, he\u2019s a faker! I\u2019ll soon find out whether he\u2019s an ascetic or a faker.\u201d Then Spiky went up to the Buddha and leaned up against his body, but the Buddha pulled away. Then Spiky said to the Buddha, \u201cAre you afraid, ascetic?\u201d \u201cNo, respectable sir, I\u2019m not afraid. But your touch is nasty.\u201d \u201cI will ask you a question, ascetic. If you don\u2019t answer me, I\u2019ll drive you insane, or explode your heart, or grab you by the feet and throw you to the far shore of the Ganges!\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t see anyone in this world with its gods, M\u0101ras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans who could do that to me. But anyway, ask what you wish.\u201d \u201cWhere do greed and hate come from? From where spring discontent, desire, and terror? Where do the mind\u2019s thoughts originate, like a crow let loose by boys.\u201d \u201cGreed and hate come from here; from here spring discontent, desire, and terror; here\u2019s where the mind\u2019s thoughts originate, like a crow let loose by boys. Born of affection, originating in oneself, like prop roots sprouting from a banyan; the many kinds of attachment to sensual pleasures are like camel\u2019s foot creeper <j>creeping through the woods. Those who understand where they come from dispel them\u2014listen up, spirit! They cross this flood so hard to cross, not crossed before, so as to not be reborn.\u201d","title":"With Spiky","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":286}