{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.3","id":"suttacentral_sn22.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kuraraghara on Steep Mountain. Then the householder H\u0101liddik\u0101ni went up to Venerable Mah\u0101kacc\u0101na, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, this was said by the Buddha in the Chapter of the Eights, in \u2018The Questions of M\u0101gandiya\u2019: \u2018After leaving their bastion to migrate without abode, a sage doesn\u2019t get close to anyone in town. Rid of sensual pleasures, not expecting, they wouldn\u2019t get in arguments with people.\u2019 How should we see the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement?\u201d \u201cHouseholder, the form element is a bastion for consciousness. One whose consciousness is shackled by greed for the form element is called a migrant going from bastion to bastion. The feeling element is a bastion for consciousness. One whose consciousness is shackled to greed for the feeling element is called a migrant going from bastion to bastion. The perception element is a bastion for consciousness. One whose consciousness is shackled to greed for the perception element is called a migrant going from bastion to bastion. The choices element is a bastion for consciousness. One whose consciousness is shackled to greed for the choices element is called a migrant going from bastion to bastion. That\u2019s how one is a migrant going from  bastion to bastion. And how is one a migrant with no bastion? The Realized One has given up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for the form element; any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies. He has cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s why the Realized One is called a migrant with no bastion. The Realized One has given up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for the feeling element \u2026 the perception element \u2026 the choices element \u2026 the consciousness element; any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies. He has cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s why the Realized One is called a migrant with no bastion. That\u2019s how one is a migrant with no bastion. And how is one a migrant going from abode to abode? Shackled to chasing the abodes that are the features of sights, one is called a migrant going from abode to abode. Shackled to chasing the abodes that are the features of sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 thoughts, one is called a migrant going from abode to abode. That\u2019s how one is a migrant going from abode to abode. And how is one a migrant without abode? The Realized One has given up being shackled to chasing the abodes that are the features of  sights. He has cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s why the Realized One is called a migrant without abode. The Realized One has given up being shackled to chasing the abodes that are the features of sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 ideas. He has cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it\u2019s unable to arise in the future. That\u2019s why the Realized One is called a migrant without abode. That\u2019s how one is a migrant without abode. And how does one get close to people in town? It\u2019s when someone mixes closely with laypeople, sharing their joys and sorrows\u2014happy when they\u2019re happy and sad when they\u2019re sad\u2014and getting themselves involved in their business. That\u2019s how one gets close to people in town. And how does one not get close to people in town? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t mix closely with laypeople, not sharing their joys and sorrows\u2014not happy when they\u2019re happy or sad when they\u2019re sad\u2014and not getting themselves involved in their business. That\u2019s how one doesn\u2019t get close to people in town. And how is one not rid of sensual pleasures? It\u2019s when someone isn\u2019t rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures. That\u2019s how one is not rid of sensual pleasures. And how is one rid of sensual pleasures? It\u2019s when someone is rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures. That\u2019s how one is rid of sensual pleasures. And how is one expecting? It\u2019s when someone thinks: \u2018In the future, may I be of such form, such feeling, such perception, such choices, and such consciousness!\u2019 That\u2019s how one is expecting. And how is one not expecting? It\u2019s when someone doesn\u2019t think: \u2018In the future, may I be of such form, such feeling, such perception, such choices, and such consciousness!\u2019 That\u2019s how one is not expecting. And how does one argue with people? It\u2019s when someone takes part in this sort of discussion: \u2018You don\u2019t understand this teaching and training. I understand this teaching and training. What, you understand this teaching and training? You\u2019re practicing wrong. I\u2019m practicing right. You said last what you should have said first. You said first what you should have said last. I stay on topic, you don\u2019t. What you\u2019ve thought so much about has been disproved. Your doctrine is refuted. Go on, save your doctrine! You\u2019re trapped; get yourself out of this\u2014if you can!\u2019 That\u2019s how one argues with people. And how does one not argue with people? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t take part in this sort of discussion: \u2018You don\u2019t understand this teaching and training \u2026 get yourself out of this\u2014if you can!\u2019 That\u2019s how one doesn\u2019t argue with people. So, householder, that\u2019s how to understand the detailed meaning of what the Buddha said in brief in the Chapter of the Eights, in \u2018The Questions of M\u0101gandiya\u2019: \u2018After leaving their bastion to migrate without abode, a sage doesn\u2019t get close to anyone in town. Rid of sensual pleasures, not expecting, they wouldn\u2019t get in arguments with people.\u2019\u201d","title":"With H\u0101liddik\u0101ni","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1008}