{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.11/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.11","id":"suttacentral_sn47.11","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.11/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then S\u0101riputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of \u2018a great man\u2019. How is a great man defined?\u201d \u201cS\u0101riputta, someone whose mind is free is a great man, I say. If their mind is not free, I say they\u2019re not a great man. And how does someone have a free mind? It\u2019s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. As they meditate observing an aspect of the body, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. As they meditate observing an aspect of principles, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping. That\u2019s how someone has a free mind. Someone whose mind is free is a great man, I say. If their mind is not free, I say they\u2019re not a great man.\u201d","title":"A Great Man","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":184}