{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn42.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn42.3","id":"suttacentral_sn42.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn42.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then Dustin the warrior chief went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, I have heard that the warriors of the past who were tutors of tutors said: \u2018Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he\u2019s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.\u2019 What does the Buddha say about this?\u201d \u201cEnough, chief, let it be. Don\u2019t ask me that.\u201d For a second time \u2026 And for a third time Dustin the warrior chief said to the Buddha: \u201cSir, I have heard that the warriors of the past who were tutors of tutors said: \u2018Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he\u2019s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.\u2019 What does the Buddha say about this?\u201d \u201cClearly, chief, I\u2019m not getting through to you when I say: \u2018Enough, chief, let it be. Don\u2019t ask me that.\u2019 Nevertheless, I will answer you. When a warrior strives and struggles in battle, their mind is already low, degraded, and misdirected as they think: \u2018May these sentient beings be killed, slaughtered, slain, destroyed, or annihilated!\u2019 His foes kill him and finish him off, and when his body breaks up, after death, he\u2019s reborn in the hell called \u2018The Fallen\u2019. But if you have such a view: \u2018Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he\u2019s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.\u2019 This is your wrong view. An individual with wrong view is reborn in one of two places, I say: hell or the animal realm.\u201d When he said this, Dustin the warrior chief cried and burst out in tears. \u201cThis is what I didn\u2019t get through to you when I said: \u2018Enough, chief, let it be. Don\u2019t ask me that.\u2019\u201d \u201cSir, I\u2019m not crying because of what the Buddha said. But sir, for a long time I\u2019ve been cheated, tricked, and deceived by the warriors of the past who were tutors of tutors, who said: \u2018Suppose a warrior, while striving and struggling in battle, is killed and finished off by his foes. When his body breaks up, after death, he\u2019s reborn in the company of the gods of the fallen.\u2019 Excellent, sir! Excellent! \u2026 From this day forth, may the Buddha remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.\u201d","title":"A Warrior","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":437}