{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.100/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.100","id":"suttacentral_sn22.100","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.100/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. Suppose a mutt on a leash was tethered to a strong post or pillar. Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, it stays right beside that post or pillar. In the same way, an unlearned ordinary person regards form like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self.\u2019 They regard feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self.\u2019 When walking, they walk right beside the five grasping aggregates. When standing \u2026 sitting \u2026 lying down, they lie down right beside the five grasping aggregates. So you should regularly check your own mind: \u2018For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.\u2019 Sentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted. Sentient beings are purified because the mind is purified. Mendicants, have you seen the painting named \u2018Conduct\u2019?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cThat painting was devised by the mind, but the mind is even more diverse than that. So you should regularly check your own mind: \u2018For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.\u2019 Sentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted. Sentient beings are purified because the mind is purified. I don\u2019t see any other order of beings as elaborate as the animal realm. The creatures in the animal realm were devised by the mind, but the mind is even more diverse than that. So you should regularly check your own mind: \u2018For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.\u2019 Sentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted. Sentient beings are purified because the mind is purified. Suppose an artist or painter had some dye, red lac, turmeric, indigo, or rose madder. And on a polished plank or a wall or a canvas they\u2019d create the form of a woman or a man, whole in its major and minor limbs. In the same way, when an unlearned ordinary person generates a future life, all they generate is form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cIs feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u2026 \u201cSo you should truly see \u2026 Seeing this \u2026 They understand: \u2018\u2026 there is nothing further for this place.\u2019\u201d","title":"A Leash (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":414}