{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn2.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn2.6","id":"suttacentral_sn2.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Standing to one side, the godling K\u0101mada said to the Buddha, \u201cIt\u2019s too hard, Blessed One! It\u2019s just too hard!\u201d \u201cThey do it even though it\u2019s hard,\u201d said the Buddha to K\u0101mada, \u201cthe stable trainees with ethics, and immersion. For one who has entered the homeless life, contentment brings happiness.\u201d \u201cSuch contentment, Blessed One, is hard to find.\u201d \u201cThey find it even though it\u2019s hard,\u201d said the Buddha to K\u0101mada, \u201cthose who love to settle the mind; whose minds love to meditate day and night.\u201d \u201cBut it\u2019s hard, Blessed One, to immerse this mind in sam\u0101dhi.\u201d \u201cThey become immersed in sam\u0101dhi <j>even though it\u2019s hard,\u201d said the Buddha to K\u0101mada, \u201cthose who love calming the faculties. Having cut through the net of Death, the noble ones, K\u0101mada, go on their way.\u201d \u201cBut this path, Blessed One, is rough and hard to travel.\u201d \u201cThough it\u2019s rough, hard to travel, the noble ones, K\u0101mada, go on their way. The ignoble fall headfirst on a rough path. But the path of the noble ones is smooth, for the noble ones are smooth amid the rough.\u201d","title":"With K\u0101mada","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":184}