{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.35/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.35","id":"suttacentral_sn22.35","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.35/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cMendicant, you\u2019re reckoned by what you have an underlying tendency for. You\u2019re not reckoned by what you have no underlying tendency for.\u201d \u201cUnderstood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!\u201d \u201cBut how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?\u201d \u201cIf you have an underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re reckoned by that. If you have an underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re reckoned by that. If you have no underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re not reckoned by that. If you have no underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re not reckoned by that. That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement.\u201d \u201cGood, good, mendicant! It\u2019s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I\u2019ve said in brief like this. If you have an underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re reckoned by that. If you have an underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re reckoned by that. If you have no underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re not reckoned by that. If you have no underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re not reckoned by that. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d And then that mendicant approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. Then that mendicant, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness. He understood: \u201cRebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.\u201d And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"A Mendicant","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":361}