{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.101/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.101","id":"suttacentral_sn22.101","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.101/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, I say that the ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees, not for one who does not know or see. For one who knows and sees what? \u2018Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form. Such is feeling \u2026 Such is perception \u2026 Such are choices \u2026 Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.\u2019 The ending of the defilements is for one who knows and sees this. When a mendicant is not committed to development, they might wish: \u2018If only my mind were freed from the defilements by not grasping!\u2019 Even so, their mind is not freed from defilements by not grasping. Why is that? You should say: \u2018It\u2019s because they\u2019re undeveloped.\u2019 Undeveloped in what? Undeveloped in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. Suppose there was a chicken with eight or ten or twelve eggs. But she had not properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated. That chicken might wish: \u2018If only my chicks could break out of the eggshell with their claws and beak and hatch safely!\u2019 But they can\u2019t break out and hatch safely. Why is that? Because that chicken with eight or ten or twelve eggs has not properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated. In the same way, when a mendicant is not committed to development, they might wish: \u2018If only my mind were freed from the defilements by not grasping!\u2019 Even so, their mind is not freed from defilements by not grasping. Why is that? You should say: \u2018It\u2019s because they\u2019re undeveloped.\u2019 Undeveloped in what? Undeveloped in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. When a mendicant is committed to development, they might not wish: \u2018If only my mind were freed from the defilements by not grasping!\u2019 Even so, their mind is freed from defilements by not grasping. Why is that? You should say: \u2018It\u2019s because they are developed.\u2019 Developed in what? Developed in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. Suppose there was a chicken with eight or ten or twelve eggs. And she properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated. That chicken might not wish: \u2018If only my chicks could break out of the eggshell with their claws and beak and hatch safely!\u2019 But still they can break out and hatch safely. Why is that? Because that chicken with eight or ten or twelve eggs properly sat on them to keep them warm and incubated. In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they might not wish: \u2018If only my mind were freed from the defilements by not grasping!\u2019 Even so, their mind is freed from defilements by not grasping. Why is that? You should say: \u2018It\u2019s because they are developed.\u2019 Developed in what? Developed in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. Suppose a mason or their apprentice sees the marks of his fingers and thumb on the handle of his adze. They don\u2019t know how much of the handle was worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away. In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they don\u2019t know how much of the defilements were worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away. Suppose there was a sea-faring ship bound together with ropes. For six months they deteriorated in the water. Then in the cold season it was hauled up on dry land, where the ropes were weathered by wind and sun. When the monsoon clouds soaked it with rain, the ropes would readily collapse and rot away. In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development their fetters readily collapse and rot away.\u201d","title":"The Adze","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":738}