{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.134/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.134","id":"suttacentral_sn35.134","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.134/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near the Sakyan town named Devadaha. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: \u201cWhen it comes to the six fields of contact, mendicants, I don\u2019t say that all mendicants have work to do with diligence, nor do I say that none of them have work to do with diligence. I say that, when it comes to the six fields of contact, mendicants don\u2019t have work to do with diligence if they are perfected, with defilements ended, having completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart\u2019s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and become rightly freed through enlightenment. Why is that? They\u2019ve done their work with diligence, and are incapable of negligence. I say that, when it comes to the six fields of contact, mendicants do have work to do with diligence if they are trainees, who haven\u2019t achieved their heart\u2019s desire, but live aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. Why is that? There are sights known by the eye that are pleasant and also those that are unpleasant. Though experiencing them again and again they don\u2019t occupy the mind. Their energy is roused up and unflagging, their mindfulness is established and lucid, their body is tranquil and undisturbed, and their mind is immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi. Seeing this fruit of diligence, I say that those mendicants have work to do with diligence when it comes to the six fields of contact. \u2026 There are ideas known by the mind that are pleasant and also those that are unpleasant. Though experiencing them again and again they don\u2019t occupy the mind. Their energy is roused up and unflagging, their mindfulness is established and lucid, their body is tranquil and undisturbed, and their mind is immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi. Seeing this fruit of diligence, I say that those mendicants have work to do with diligence when it comes to the six fields of contact.\u201d","title":"At Devadaha","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":338}