{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.152/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.152","id":"suttacentral_sn35.152","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.152/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you: \u2018Reverends, what\u2019s the goal of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?\u2019 You should answer them: \u2018The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand suffering.\u2019 If wanderers of other religions were to ask you: \u2018Reverends, what is that suffering?\u2019 You should answer them: \u2018The eye is suffering. The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand this. Sights \u2026 Eye consciousness \u2026 Eye contact \u2026 The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also suffering. The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand this. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind \u2026 The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also suffering. The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand this. This is that suffering. The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand this.\u2019 When questioned by wanderers of other religions, that\u2019s how you should answer them.\u201d","title":"What\u2019s the Goal of the Spiritual Life?","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":191}