{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.135/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.135","id":"suttacentral_sn35.135","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.135/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cYou\u2019re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate, to have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life. I\u2019ve seen the hell named \u2018Related to the Six Fields of Contact\u2019. There, whatever sight you see with your eye is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant. Whatever sound you hear \u2026 Whatever odor you smell \u2026 Whatever flavor you taste \u2026 Whatever touch you feel \u2026 Whatever idea you know with your mind is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant. You\u2019re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate, to have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life. I\u2019ve seen the heaven called \u2018Related to the Six Fields of Contact\u2019. There, whatever sight you see with your eye is likable, not unlikable; desirable, not undesirable; pleasant, not unpleasant. Whatever sound \u2026 odor \u2026 flavor \u2026 touch \u2026 Whatever idea you know with your mind is likable, not unlikable; desirable, not undesirable; pleasant, not unpleasant. You\u2019re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate, to have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life.\u201d","title":"Opportunity","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":168}