{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.29/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.29","id":"suttacentral_sn47.29","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.29/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable \u0100nanda was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels\u2019 feeding ground. Now at that time the householder Siriva\u1e0d\u1e0dha was sick, suffering, gravely ill. Then he addressed a man: \u201cPlease, my man, go to Venerable \u0100nanda, and in my name bow with your head to his feet. Say to him: \u2018Sir, the householder Siriva\u1e0d\u1e0dha is sick, suffering, gravely ill. He bows with his head to your feet.\u2019 And then say: \u2018Sir, please visit him at his home out of sympathy.\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that man replied. He did as Siriva\u1e0d\u1e0dha asked. \u0100nanda consented with silence. Then Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the householder Siriva\u1e0d\u1e0dha, sat down on the seat spread out, and said to him: \u201cI hope you\u2019re keeping well, householder, I hope you\u2019re all right. I hope your pain is fading, not growing; that its fading is evident, not its growing.\u201d \u201cSir, I\u2019m not keeping well, I\u2019m not getting by. My pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.\u201d \u201cSo you should train like this: \u2018I\u2019ll meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. I\u2019ll meditate on an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d \u201cThese four kinds of mindfulness meditation that were taught by the Buddha are found in me, and I exhibit them. For I meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. I meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. And of the five lower fetters taught by the Buddha, I don\u2019t see any that I haven\u2019t given up.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate! You have declared the fruit of non-return.\u201d","title":"With Siriva\u1e0d\u1e0dha","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":329}