{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn21.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn21.8","id":"suttacentral_sn21.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn21.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then Venerable Nanda\u2014the Buddha\u2019s cousin on his mother\u2019s side\u2014dressed in nicely pressed and ironed robes, applied eyeshadow, and took a glazed bowl. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cNanda, as a gentleman who has gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, it\u2019s not appropriate for you to dress in nicely pressed and ironed robes, apply eyeshadow, and carry a glazed bowl. It\u2019s appropriate for you to stay in the wilderness, eat only almsfood, wear rag robes, and live without concern for sensual pleasures.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cWhen will I see Nanda in the wilderness, wearing rag robes, feeding on scraps offered by strangers, unconcerned for sensual pleasures?\u201d Then some time later Venerable Nanda stayed in the wilderness, ate only almsfood, wore rag robes, and lived without concern for sensual pleasures.","title":"With Nanda","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":160}