{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.30/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.30","id":"suttacentral_sn17.30","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.30/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, possessions, honor, and popularity are an obstacle even for a mendicant who is perfected, with defilements ended.\u201d When he said this, Venerable \u0100nanda said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, what do possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct for a mendicant with defilements ended?\u201d \u201c\u0100nanda, I don\u2019t say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the unshakable freedom of heart. But I do say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the achievement of blissful meditations in this life for a meditator who is diligent, keen, and resolute. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity\u2014bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. So you should train like this: \u2018We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won\u2019t let them occupy our minds.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"A Mendicant With Defilements Ended","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":133}