{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.36/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.36","id":"suttacentral_sn22.36","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.36/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked 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 When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cMendicant, you\u2019re measured against what you have an underlying tendency for, and you\u2019re reckoned by what you\u2019re measured against. You\u2019re not measured against what you have no underlying tendency for, and you\u2019re not reckoned by what you\u2019re not measured against.\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 measured against that, and you\u2019re reckoned by what you\u2019re measured against. If you have an underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re measured against that, and you\u2019re reckoned by what you\u2019re measured against. If you have no underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re not measured against that, and you\u2019re not reckoned by what you\u2019re not measured against. If you have no underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re not measured against that, and you\u2019re not reckoned by what you\u2019re not measured against. 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 measured against that, and you\u2019re reckoned by what you\u2019re measured against. If you have an underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re measured against that, and you\u2019re reckoned by what you\u2019re measured against. If you have no underlying tendency for form, you\u2019re not measured against that, and you\u2019re not reckoned by what you\u2019re not measured against. If you have no underlying tendency for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re not measured against that, and you\u2019re not reckoned by what you\u2019re not measured against. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d \u2026 And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"A Mendicant (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":344}