{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn46.44/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn46.44","id":"suttacentral_sn46.44","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.44/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, they speak of \u2018a witless idiot\u2019. How is a witless idiot defined?\u201d \u201cMendicant, they\u2019re called a witless idiot because they haven\u2019t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. They\u2019re called a witless idiot because they haven\u2019t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.\u201d","title":"Witless","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":72}