{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn16.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn16.6","id":"suttacentral_sn16.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn16.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Near R\u0101jagaha, in the Bamboo Grove. Then Venerable Mah\u0101kassapa went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cKassapa, advise the mendicants! Give them a Dhamma talk! Either you or I should advise the mendicants and give them a Dhamma talk.\u201d \u201cSir, the mendicants these days are hard to admonish, having qualities that make them hard to admonish. They\u2019re impatient, and don\u2019t take instruction respectfully. Take the monk named Bha\u1e47\u1e0da, \u0100nanda\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9. He\u2019s been competing in studies with the monk named Abhi\u00f1jika, Anuruddha\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9. They say: \u2018Come on, monk, who can speak more? Who can speak better? Who can speak longer?\u2019\u201d So the Buddha addressed one of the monks, \u201cPlease, monk, in my name tell the monk named Bha\u1e47\u1e0da, \u0100nanda\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, and the monk named Abhi\u00f1jika, Anuruddha\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 that the Teacher summons them.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that monk replied. He went to those monks and said, \u201cVenerables, the Teacher summons you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d those monks replied. They went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them: \u201cIs it really true, monks, that you\u2019ve been competing in studies, saying: \u2018Come on, monk, who can speak more? Who can speak better? Who can speak longer?\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cHave you ever known me to teach the Dhamma like this: \u2018Please mendicants, compete in studies to see who can recite more and better and longer\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cIf you\u2019ve never known me to teach the Dhamma like this, what then do you know and see, you futile men, that after going forth in such a well explained teaching and training you\u2019d compete in studies to see who can speak more and better and longer?\u201d Then those monks bowed with their heads to the Buddha\u2019s feet and said, \u201cWe made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of us in that after going forth in such a well explained teaching and training we competed in studies to see who can speak more and better and longer. Please, sir, accept our mistake for what it is, so we will restrain ourselves in future.\u201d \u201cIndeed, monks, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you to act in that way. But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it. For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future.\u201d","title":"Advice","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":422}