{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn48.49/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn48.49","id":"suttacentral_sn48.49","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn48.49/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer had declared enlightenment: \u201cI understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019\u201d Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then they said, \u201cWhat reason does Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer see for doing this?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s because Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer has developed and cultivated three faculties that he declares enlightenment: \u2018I understand: \u201cRebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u201d\u2019 What three? The faculties of mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. It\u2019s because Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer has developed and cultivated these three faculties that he declares enlightenment. What\u2019s the culmination of these three faculties? They culminate in ending. In the ending of what? Of rebirth, old age, and death. It\u2019s because he sees that they culminate in the ending of rebirth, old age, and death that Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer declares enlightenment: \u2018I understand: \u201cRebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u201d\u2019\u201d","title":"About Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the Alms-Gatherer","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":222}