{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn21.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn21.9","id":"suttacentral_sn21.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn21.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then Venerable Tissa\u2014the Buddha\u2019s cousin on his father\u2019s side\u2014went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. He was miserable and sad, with tears flowing. Then the Buddha said to him: \u201cTissa, why are you sitting there so miserable and sad, with tears flowing?\u201d \u201cSir, it\u2019s because the mendicants beset me on all sides with sneering and jeering.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s because you admonish others, but don\u2019t accept admonition yourself. As a gentleman who has gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, it\u2019s not appropriate for you to admonish others without accepting admonition yourself. It\u2019s appropriate for you to admonish others and accept admonition yourself.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cWhy are you angry? Don\u2019t be angry! It\u2019s better to not be angry, Tissa. For this spiritual life is lived in order to remove anger, conceit, and denigration.\u201d","title":"With Tissa","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":155}