{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.83/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.83","id":"suttacentral_sn22.83","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.83/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. There \u0100nanda addressed the mendicants: \u201cReverends, mendicants!\u201d \u201cReverend,\u201d they replied. \u0100nanda said this: \u201cReverends, the venerable named Pu\u1e47\u1e47a son of Mant\u0101\u1e47\u012b was very helpful to me when I was just ordained. He gave me this advice: \u2018Reverend \u0100nanda, the thought \u201cI am\u201d occurs because of grasping, not without grasping. Grasping what? The thought \u201cI am\u201d occurs because of grasping form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness, not without grasping. Suppose there was a woman or man who was young, youthful, and fond of adornments, and they check their own reflection in a clean bright mirror or a clear bowl of water. They\u2019d look because of grasping, not without grasping. In the same way, the thought \u201cI am\u201d occurs because of grasping form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness, not without grasping. What do you think, Reverend \u0100nanda? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u2019 \u2018Impermanent, reverend.\u2019 \u2018Is feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u2019 \u2018Impermanent, reverend.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018So you should truly see \u2026 Seeing this \u2026 They understand: \u201c\u2026 there is nothing further for this place.\u201d\u2019 Reverends, the venerable named Pu\u1e47\u1e47a son of Mant\u0101\u1e47\u012b was very helpful to me when I was just ordained. He gave me this advice. And when I heard this teaching from Venerable Pu\u1e47\u1e47a son of Mant\u0101\u1e47\u012b, I comprehended the teaching.\u201d","title":"With \u0100nanda","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":216}