{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.13","id":"suttacentral_sn55.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the venerables \u0100nanda and S\u0101riputta were staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable S\u0101riputta came out of retreat, went to Venerable \u0100nanda, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to him: \u201cReverend, how many things do people have to give up and how many do they have to possess in order for the Buddha to declare that they\u2019re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening?\u201d \u201cReverend, people have to give up four things and possess four things in order for the Buddha to declare that they\u2019re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. What four? They don\u2019t have the distrust in the Buddha that causes an unlearned ordinary person to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. And they do have the experiential confidence in the Buddha that causes a learned noble disciple to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a good place, a heavenly realm. \u2018That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.\u2019 They don\u2019t have the distrust in the teaching that causes an unlearned ordinary person to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. And they do have the experiential confidence in the teaching that causes a learned noble disciple to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a good place, a heavenly realm. \u2018The teaching is well explained by the Buddha\u2014apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.\u2019 They don\u2019t have the distrust in the Sa\u1e45gha that causes an unlearned ordinary person to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. And they do have the experiential confidence in the Sa\u1e45gha that causes a learned noble disciple to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a good place, a heavenly realm. \u2018The Sa\u1e45gha of the Buddha\u2019s disciples is practicing the way that\u2019s good, direct, systematic, and proper. It consists of the four pairs, the eight individual persons. This Sa\u1e45gha of the Buddha\u2019s disciples is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, and worthy of veneration with cupped palms.\u2019 They don\u2019t have the unethical conduct that causes an unlearned ordinary person to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. And they do have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones that causes a learned noble disciple to be reborn\u2014when their body breaks up, after death\u2014in a good place, a heavenly realm. Their ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion. People have to give up these four things and possess these four things in order for the Buddha to declare that they\u2019re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\u201d","title":"With the Senior Monk \u0100nanda","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":564}