{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn21.10/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn21.10","id":"suttacentral_sn21.10","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn21.10/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels\u2019 feeding ground. Now at that time there was a certain mendicant who was Senior in name only. He lived alone and praised living alone. He entered the village for alms alone, returned alone, sat in private alone, and focussed on walking mindfully alone. Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, there\u2019s a certain mendicant who is Senior in name only. He lives alone and praises living alone.\u201d So the Buddha addressed one of the monks, \u201cPlease, monk, in my name tell the mendicant Senior that the Teacher summons him.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that monk replied. He went to Venerable Senior and said to him, \u201cReverend Senior, the Teacher summons you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d that monk replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cIs it really true, Senior, that you live alone and praise living alone?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cBut in what way do you live alone and praise living alone?\u201d \u201cWell, sir, I enter the village for alms alone, return alone, sit in private alone, and focus on walking mindfully alone. That\u2019s how I live alone and praise living alone.\u201d \u201cThat is a kind of living alone, I don\u2019t deny it. But as to how living alone is fulfilled in detail, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d he replied. \u201cAnd how, Senior, is living alone fulfilled in detail? It\u2019s when what\u2019s in the past is given up, what\u2019s in the future is relinquished, and desire and greed for present incarnations is eliminated. That\u2019s how living alone is fulfilled in detail.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cThe vanquisher of all, knower of all, so very intelligent, is unsullied in the midst of all things. He\u2019s given up all, freed in the ending of craving: I declare that man to be one who lives alone.\u201d","title":"Senior In Name Only","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":344}