{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.13","id":"suttacentral_sn47.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. At that time Venerable S\u0101riputta was staying in the Magadhan lands near the little village of N\u0101laka, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill. And the novice Cunda was his carer. Then Venerable S\u0101riputta was fully extinguished from that sickness. Then Cunda took S\u0101riputta\u2019s bowl and robes and set out for S\u0101vatth\u012b. He went to see Venerable \u0100nanda at Jeta\u2019s grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, Venerable S\u0101riputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe.\u201d \u201cReverend Cunda, we should see the Buddha about this matter. Come, let\u2019s go to the Buddha and inform him about this.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Cunda. Then \u0100nanda and Cunda went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, this novice Cunda says that Venerable S\u0101riputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe. Since I heard this, my body feels like it\u2019s drugged. I\u2019m disorientated, and the teachings don\u2019t spring to mind.\u201d \u201cWell, \u0100nanda, when S\u0101riputta was fully quenched, did he take away your entire spectrum of ethical conduct, of immersion, of wisdom, of freedom, or of the knowledge and vision of freedom?\u201d \u201cNo, sir, he did not. But Venerable S\u0101riputta was my adviser and counselor. He educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired me. He never tired of teaching the Dhamma, and he supported his spiritual companions. I remember the nectar of the teaching, the riches of the teaching, the support of the teaching given by Venerable S\u0101riputta.\u201d \u201c\u0100nanda, did I not prepare for this when I explained that we must be parted and separated from all we hold dear and beloved? How could it possibly be so that what is born, created, conditioned, and liable to wear out should not wear out? That is not possible. Suppose there was a large tree standing with heartwood, and the largest branch broke off. In the same way, in the great Sa\u1e45gha that stands with heartwood, S\u0101riputta has become fully quenched. How could it possibly be so that what is born, created, conditioned, and liable to wear out should not wear out? That is not possible. So \u0100nanda, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the teaching be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge. And how does a mendicant do this? 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. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. That\u2019s how a mendicant lives with themselves as island and refuge, without other refuge; with the teachings as island and refuge, without other refuge. Whether now or after I have passed, any who shall live as their own island, their own refuge, with no other refuge; with the teaching as their island and their refuge, with no other refuge\u2014those mendicants of mine eager to train shall be among the best of the best.\u201d","title":"With Cunda","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":524}