{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn45.27/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn45.27","id":"suttacentral_sn45.27","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.27/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cA pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it\u2019s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it\u2019s hard to overturn. And what\u2019s the stand for the mind? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is the stand for the mind. A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it\u2019s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it\u2019s hard to overturn.\u201d","title":"Pots","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":126}