{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn45.42-47/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn45.42-47","id":"suttacentral_sn45.42-47","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.42-47/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\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 to give up the fetters.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018\u2026 to uproot the underlying tendencies.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018\u2026 to completely understand the course of time.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018\u2026 to end the defilements.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018\u2026 to realize the fruit of knowledge and freedom.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018\u2026 for knowledge and vision.\u2019 \u2026\u201d","title":"Six Discourses on Giving Up Fetters, Etc.","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":85}