{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn20.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn20.3","id":"suttacentral_sn20.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, those families with many women and few men are easy prey for bandits and  grain-jar thieves. In the same way any mendicant who has not developed and cultivated the heart\u2019s release by love is easy prey for non-humans. Those families with few women and many men are hard prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves. In the same way a mendicant who has developed and cultivated the heart\u2019s release by love is hard prey for non-humans. So you should train like this: \u2018We will develop the heart\u2019s release by love. We\u2019ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"Families","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":116}