{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn11.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn11.24","id":"suttacentral_sn11.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time two mendicants had clashed. One of them transgressed against the other. The transgressor confessed to the other mendicant, but they didn\u2019t accept it. Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. \u201cMendicants, there are two fools. One who doesn\u2019t recognize when they\u2019ve made a mistake. And one who doesn\u2019t properly accept the confession of someone who\u2019s made a mistake. These are the two fools. There are two who are astute. One who recognizes when they\u2019ve made a mistake. And one who properly accepts the confession of someone who\u2019s made a mistake. These are the two who are astute. Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse: \u2018Control your anger; don\u2019t let friendships decay. Don\u2019t blame the blameless, and don\u2019t backbite. For anger crushes bad people like a mountain.\u2019\u201d","title":"Transgression","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":156}