{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn45.41/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn45.41","id":"suttacentral_sn45.41","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.41/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \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 like this: \u2018The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is the fading away of greed.\u2019 If wanderers of other religions were to ask you: \u2018Is there a path and a practice for the fading away of greed?\u2019 You should answer them like this: \u2018There is a path and a practice for the fading away of greed.\u2019 And what is that path, what is that practice for the fading away of greed? 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 path, this is the practice for the fading away of greed. When questioned by wanderers of other religions, that\u2019s how you should answer them.\u201d","title":"The Fading Away of Greed","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":157}