{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.155/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.155","id":"suttacentral_sn35.155","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.155/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, they speak of a \u2018Dhamma speaker\u2019. How is a Dhamma speaker defined?\u201d \u201cIf a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma\u2019. If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching\u2019. If they\u2019re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life\u2019. If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment with the ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind, for its fading away and cessation, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma\u2019. If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the mind, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching\u2019. If they\u2019re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the mind, they\u2019re qualified to be called \u2018a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life\u2019.\u201d","title":"A Dhamma Speaker","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":192}