{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.17","id":"suttacentral_sn55.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to\u2014friends and colleagues, relatives and family\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the four factors of stream-entry. What four? Experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 There might be change in the four principal states\u2014the elements of earth, water, fire, and air\u2014but a noble disciple with experiential confidence in the Buddha would never change. In this context, \u2018change\u2019 means that such a noble disciple will be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm: this is quite impossible. Experiential confidence in the teaching \u2026 Experiential confidence in the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 The ethical conduct loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. There might be change in the four principal states\u2014the elements of earth, water, fire, and air\u2014but a noble disciple with the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones would never change. In this context, \u2018change\u2019 means that such a noble disciple will be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm: this is quite impossible. Those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to\u2014friends and colleagues, relatives and family\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in these four factors of stream-entry.\u201d","title":"Friends and Colleagues (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":202}