{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn20.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn20.6","id":"suttacentral_sn20.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, suppose there were four well-trained expert archers with strong bows standing in the four quarters. And a man came along and thought, \u2018When these four well-trained expert archers shoot arrows in four quarters, I\u2019ll catch them before they reach the ground, and then I\u2019ll bring them back.\u2019 What do you think, mendicants? Are they qualified to be called \u2018a speedster endowed with super-speed\u2019?\u201d \u201cIf he could catch an arrow shot by just one well-trained expert archer before it reaches the ground and bring it back, he\u2019d be qualified to be called \u2018a speedster endowed with super-speed\u2019. How much more so arrows shot by four archers!\u201d \u201cAs fast as that man is, the sun and moon are faster. As fast as that man is, as fast as the sun and moon are, and as fast as the deities that run before the sun and moon are, the waning of the life forces is faster. So you should train like this: \u2018We will stay diligent.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"The Archers","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":171}