{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn12.28/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn12.28","id":"suttacentral_sn12.28","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.28/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cA mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth \u2026 continued existence \u2026 grasping \u2026 craving \u2026 feeling \u2026 contact \u2026 the six sense fields \u2026 name and form \u2026 consciousness \u2026 They understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. And what is old age and death? The old age, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkly skin, diminished vitality, and failing faculties of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings. This is called old age. The passing away, passing on, disintegration, demise, mortality, death, decease, breaking up of the aggregates, and laying to rest of the corpse of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings. This is called death. Such is old age, and such is death. This is called old age and death. Rebirth is the origin of old age and death. When rebirth ceases, old age and death cease. The practice that leads to the cessation of old age and death is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. And what is rebirth? \u2026 And what is continued existence? \u2026 And what is grasping? \u2026 And what is craving? \u2026 feeling \u2026 contact \u2026 the six sense fields \u2026 name and form \u2026 consciousness \u2026 And what are choices? There are three kinds of choices. Choices by way of body, speech, and mind. These are called choices. Ignorance is the origin of choices. When ignorance ceases, choices cease. The practice that leads to the cessation of choices is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. A mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth \u2026 continued existence \u2026 grasping \u2026 craving \u2026 feeling \u2026 contact \u2026 the six sense fields \u2026 name and form \u2026 consciousness \u2026 They understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. This mendicant is called: \u2018one accomplished in view\u2019, \u2018one accomplished in vision\u2019, \u2018one who has come to the true teaching\u2019, \u2018one who sees this true teaching\u2019, \u2018one endowed with a trainee\u2019s insight\u2019, \u2018one endowed with a trainee\u2019s knowledge\u2019, \u2018one who has entered the stream of the teaching\u2019, \u2018a noble one with penetrative wisdom\u2019, and also \u2018one who stands pressing against the door to freedom from death\u2019.\u201d","title":"A Mendicant","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":437}