{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn45.18/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn45.18","id":"suttacentral_sn45.18","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.18/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the venerables \u0100nanda and Bhadda were staying near P\u0101\u1e6daliputta, in the Chicken Monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Bhadda came out of retreat, went to Venerable \u0100nanda, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to \u0100nanda: \u201cReverend, they speak of this thing called \u2018not the spiritual path\u2019. What is not the spiritual path?\u201d \u201cGood, good, Reverend Bhadda! Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it\u2019s a good question. For you asked: \u2018They speak of this thing called \u201cnot the spiritual path\u201d. What is not the spiritual path?\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, reverend.\u201d \u201cWhat is not the spiritual path is simply the wrong eightfold path, that is: wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.\u201d","title":"At the Chicken Monastery (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":142}