{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.47/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.47","id":"suttacentral_sn47.47","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.47/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and said: \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cWell then, mendicant, you should purify the starting point of skillful qualities. What is the beginning of skillful qualities? Give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind. When you\u2019ve done this, you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, depending on and grounded on ethics. What four? Meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. Meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. When you develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation in this way, depending on and grounded on ethics, you can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.\u201d \u2026 And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"Bad Conduct","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":176}