{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn20.11/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn20.11","id":"suttacentral_sn20.11","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.11/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cThat old jackal has the disease called mange. Yet it still goes where it wants, stands where it wants, sits where it wants, and lies down where it wants. And the cool breeze still blows on it. A certain person here who claims to follow the Sakyan would be lucky to experience even such an incarnation. So you should train like this: \u2018We will stay diligent.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"A Jackal","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":88}