{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.2","id":"suttacentral_sn55.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. What four? It\u2019s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cThose who have faith and ethics, confidence, and vision of the truth, in time arrive at happiness, the objective of the spiritual life.\u201d","title":"The Objective of the Spiritual Life","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":120}