{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.84/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.84","id":"suttacentral_sn22.84","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.84/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time Venerable Tissa\u2014the Buddha\u2019s cousin on his father\u2019s side\u2014informed several mendicants: \u201cReverends, my body feels like it\u2019s drugged. I\u2019m disorientated, the teachings don\u2019t spring to mind, and dullness and drowsiness fill my mind. I lead the spiritual life dissatisfied, and have doubts about the teachings.\u201d Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. So the Buddha addressed one of the monks, \u201cPlease, monk, in my name tell the mendicant Tissa that the Teacher summons him.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that monk replied. He went to Tissa and said to him, \u201cReverend Tissa, the Teacher summons you.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d Tissa replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: \u201cIs it really true, Tissa, that you informed several mendicants that your body feels like it\u2019s drugged \u2026 and you have doubts about the teachings?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, Tissa? If you\u2019re not rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for form, when that form decays and perishes, will it give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, good, Tissa! That\u2019s how it is, Tissa, when you\u2019re not rid of greed for form. If you\u2019re not rid of greed for feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, when that consciousness decays and perishes, will it give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, good, Tissa! That\u2019s how it is, Tissa, when you\u2019re not rid of greed for consciousness. What do you think, Tissa? If you are rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for form, when that form decays and perishes, will it give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cGood, good, Tissa! That\u2019s how it is, Tissa, when you are rid of greed for form \u2026 feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness. What do you think, Tissa? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cIs feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cSo you should truly see \u2026 Seeing this \u2026 They understand: \u2018\u2026 there is nothing further for this place.\u2019 Suppose, Tissa, there were two individuals. One was not skilled in the path, the other was. The one not skilled in the path would question the one skilled in the path, who would reply: \u2018Come, my man, this is the path. Go down it an hour, and you\u2019ll see a fork in the road. Ignore the left, and take the right-hand path. Go an hour more, and you\u2019ll see a dense forest grove. Go an hour more, and you\u2019ll see an expanse of low-lying marshes. Go an hour more, and you\u2019ll see a large, steep cliff. Go an hour more, and you\u2019ll see level, cleared parkland.\u2019 I\u2019ve made up this simile to make a point. And this is what it means. \u2018A person who is not skilled in the path\u2019 is a term for an ordinary unlearned person. \u2018A person who is skilled in the path\u2019 is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. \u2018A fork in the road\u2019 is a term for doubt. \u2018The left-hand path\u2019 is a term for the wrong eightfold path, that is, wrong view \u2026 wrong immersion. \u2018The right-hand path\u2019 is a term for the noble eightfold path, that is, right view \u2026 right immersion. \u2018A dense forest grove\u2019 is a term for ignorance. \u2018An expanse of low-lying marshes\u2019 is a term for sensual pleasures. \u2018A large, steep cliff\u2019 is a term for anger and distress. \u2018Level, cleared parkland\u2019 is a term for extinguishment. Rejoice, Tissa, rejoice! I am here with advice, with support, with instruction.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, Venerable Tissa approved what the Buddha said.","title":"With Tissa","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":639}