{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.122/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.122","id":"suttacentral_sn22.122","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.122/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable S\u0101riputta and Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita came out of retreat, went to Venerable S\u0101riputta, and said: \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, what things should an ethical mendicant rationally apply the mind to?\u201d \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, an ethical mendicant should rationally apply the mind to the five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self. What five? That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. An ethical mendicant should rationally apply the mind to these five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self. It\u2019s possible that an ethical mendicant who rationally applies the mind to the five grasping aggregates will realize the fruit of stream-entry.\u201d \u201cBut Reverend S\u0101riputta, what things should a mendicant stream-enterer rationally apply the mind to?\u201d \u201cA mendicant stream-enterer should also rationally apply the mind to these five grasping aggregates as impermanent \u2026 as not-self. It\u2019s possible that a mendicant stream-enterer who rationally applies the mind to the five grasping aggregates will realize the fruit of once-return.\u201d \u201cBut Reverend S\u0101riputta, what things should a mendicant once-returner rationally apply the mind to?\u201d \u201cA mendicant once-returner should also rationally apply the mind to these five grasping aggregates as impermanent \u2026 as not-self. It\u2019s possible that a mendicant once-returner who rationally applies the mind to the five grasping aggregates will realize the fruit of non-return.\u201d \u201cBut Reverend S\u0101riputta, what things should a mendicant non-returner rationally apply the mind to?\u201d \u201cA mendicant non-returner should also rationally apply the mind to these five grasping aggregates as impermanent \u2026 as not-self. It\u2019s possible that a mendicant non-returner who rationally applies the mind to the five grasping aggregates will realize perfection.\u201d \u201cBut Reverend S\u0101riputta, what things should a perfected one rationally apply the mind to?\u201d \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, a perfected one should also rationally apply the mind to the five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self. A perfected one has nothing more to do, and nothing that needs improvement. Still, these things, when developed and cultivated, lead to blissful meditation in this life, and also to mindfulness and situational awareness.\u201d","title":"An Ethical Mendicant","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":416}