{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.116/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.116","id":"suttacentral_sn22.116","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.116/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: \u201cSir, they speak of a \u2018Dhamma speaker\u2019. How is a Dhamma speaker defined? How is a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching defined? And how is a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life defined?\u201d \u201cMendicant, if a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding form, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma\u2019. If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding form, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching\u2019. If they\u2019re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding form, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life\u2019. If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment with feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, for its fading away and cessation, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma\u2019. If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding consciousness, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching\u2019. If they\u2019re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding consciousness, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life\u2019.\u201d","title":"A Dhamma speaker (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":211}