{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.24","id":"suttacentral_sn17.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim \u2026 A faithful laywoman with a dear and beloved only daughter would rightly appeal to her, \u2018My darling, please be like the laywomen Khujjuttar\u0101 and Ve\u1e37uka\u1e47\u1e6dak\u012b, Nanda\u2019s mother.\u2019 These are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttar\u0101 and Ve\u1e37uka\u1e47\u1e6dak\u012b, Nanda\u2019s mother. \u2018But my darling, if you go forth from the lay life to homelessness, please be like the nuns Khem\u0101 and Uppalava\u1e47\u1e47\u0101.\u2019 These are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khem\u0101 and Uppalava\u1e47\u1e47\u0101. \u2018And my darling, may you not come into possessions, honor, and popularity while you\u2019re still a trainee and haven\u2019t achieved your heart\u2019s desire.\u2019 If a trainee who hasn\u2019t achieved their heart\u2019s desire comes into possessions, honor, and popularity it\u2019s an obstacle for them. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. \u2026\u201d","title":"An Only Daughter","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":147}