{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.62/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.62","id":"suttacentral_sn22.62","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.62/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, there are these three scopes of definition, labeling, and description. They\u2019re uncorrupted, as they have been since the beginning. They\u2019re not being corrupted now, nor will they be. Sensible ascetics and brahmins don\u2019t look down on them. What three? When form has passed, ceased, and perished, its designation, label, and description is \u2018was\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018is\u2019 or \u2018will be\u2019. When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness has passed, ceased, and perished, its designation, label, and description is \u2018was\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018is\u2019 or \u2018will be\u2019. When form is not yet born, and has not yet appeared, its designation, label, and description is \u2018will be\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018is\u2019 or \u2018was\u2019. When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness is not yet born, and has not yet appeared, its designation, label, and description is \u2018will be\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018is\u2019 or \u2018was\u2019. When form has been born, and has appeared, its designation, label, and description is \u2018is\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018was\u2019 or \u2018will be\u2019. When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness has been born, and has appeared, its designation, label, and description is \u2018is\u2019. It\u2019s not \u2018was\u2019 or \u2018will be\u2019. These are the three scopes of definition, labeling, and description. They\u2019re uncorrupted, as they have been since the beginning. They\u2019re not being corrupted now, nor will they be. Sensible ascetics and brahmins don\u2019t look down on them. Even those who were loud and bold advocates of the doctrines of no-cause, inaction, and nihilism, didn\u2019t imagine that these three scopes of definition should be criticized or rejected. Why is that? For fear of being blamed, attacked, provoked, and faulted.\u201d","title":"The Scope of Definition","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":268}