{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn24.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn24.1","id":"suttacentral_sn24.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn24.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. He is our guide and our refuge. Sir, may the Buddha himself please clarify the meaning of this. The mendicants will listen and remember it.\u201d \u201cWell then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cWhen form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019 When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019 What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cBut if it\u2019s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?\u201d \u201cSuffering, sir.\u201d \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cIs feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cBut if it\u2019s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?\u201d \u201cSuffering, sir.\u201d \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cThat which is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind: is that permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u201cBut if it\u2019s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?\u201d \u201cSuffering, sir.\u201d \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cWhen a noble disciple has given up doubt regarding these six grounds, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation, they\u2019re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\u201d","title":"Winds","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":444}