{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn46.56/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn46.56","id":"suttacentral_sn46.56","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.56/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha, on the Vulture\u2019s Peak Mountain. Then Prince Abhaya went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, P\u016bra\u1e47a Kassapa says this: \u2018There is no cause or reason for not knowing and not seeing. Not knowing and not seeing have no cause or reason. There is no cause or reason for knowing and seeing. Knowing and seeing have no cause or reason.\u2019 What does the Buddha say about this?\u201d \u201cPrince, there are causes and reasons for not knowing and not seeing. Not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons. There are causes and reasons for knowing and seeing. Knowing and seeing have causes and reasons.\u201d \u201cBut sir, what is the cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing? How do not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons?\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s a time when the heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire, without truly knowing and seeing the escape from sensual desire that has arisen. This is a cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing. And this is how not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons. Furthermore, there\u2019s a time when the heart is overcome and mired in ill will \u2026 dullness and drowsiness \u2026 restlessness and remorse \u2026 doubt, without truly knowing and seeing the escape from doubt that has arisen. This is a cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing. And this is how not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons.\u201d \u201cSir, what is the name of this exposition of the teaching?\u201d \u201cThese are called the \u2018hindrances\u2019, prince.\u201d \u201cIndeed, Blessed One, these are hindrances! Indeed, Holy One, these are hindrances! Overcome by even a single hindrance you wouldn\u2019t truly know or see, let alone all five hindrances. But sir, what is the cause and reason for knowing and seeing? How do knowing and seeing have causes and reasons?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s when a mendicant develops the awakening factor of mindfulness, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go. They truly know and see with a mind that has developed the awakening factor of mindfulness. This is a cause and reason for knowing and seeing. And this is how knowing and seeing have causes and reasons. Furthermore, a mendicant develops the awakening factor of investigation of principles \u2026 energy \u2026 rapture \u2026 tranquility \u2026 immersion \u2026 equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. They truly know and see with a mind that has developed the awakening factor of equanimity. This is a cause and reason for knowing and seeing. And this is how knowing and seeing have causes and reasons.\u201d \u201cSir, what is the name of this exposition of the teaching?\u201d \u201cThese are called the \u2018awakening factors\u2019, prince.\u201d \u201cIndeed, Blessed One, these are awakening factors! Indeed, Holy One, these are awakening factors! Endowed with even a single awakening factor you would truly know and see, let alone all seven awakening factors. When climbing Mount Vulture\u2019s Peak I became fatigued in body and mind. But this has now faded away. And I\u2019ve comprehended the teaching.\u201d","title":"With Prince Abhaya","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":534}