{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.23/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.23","id":"suttacentral_sn55.23","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.23/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At Kapilavatthu. Then Mah\u0101n\u0101ma the Sakyan went up to Godh\u0101 the Sakyan, and said to her, \u201cGodh\u0101, how many things must an individual have for you to recognize them as a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening?\u201d \u201cMah\u0101n\u0101ma, an individual must have three things for me to recognize them as a stream-enterer. What three? It\u2019s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 and the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 When an individual has these three things I recognize them as a stream-enterer. But Mah\u0101n\u0101ma, how many things must an individual have for <em>you</em> to recognize them as a stream-enterer?\u201d \u201cGodh\u0101, an individual must have four things for me to recognize them as a stream-enterer. 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. When an individual has these four things I recognize them as a stream-enterer.\u201d \u201cHold on, Mah\u0101n\u0101ma, hold on! Only the Buddha would know whether or not they have these things.\u201d \u201cCome, Godh\u0101, let\u2019s go to the Buddha and inform him about this.\u201d Then Mah\u0101n\u0101ma and Godh\u0101 went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. Mah\u0101n\u0101ma told the Buddha all that had happened, and then said: \u201cSir, some instigation of a legal proceeding might come up. The Buddha might take one side, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks the other. I\u2019d side with the Buddha. May the Buddha remember me as having such confidence. Some instigation of a legal proceeding might come up. The Buddha might take one side, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks and the Sa\u1e45gha of nuns the other. \u2026 The Buddha might take one side, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks and the Sa\u1e45gha of nuns and the laymen the other. \u2026 The Buddha might take one side, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks and the Sa\u1e45gha of nuns and the laymen and the laywomen the other. \u2026 The Buddha might take one side, and the Sa\u1e45gha of monks and the Sa\u1e45gha of nuns and the laymen and the laywomen and the world\u2014with its gods, M\u0101ras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans\u2014the other. I\u2019d side with the Buddha. May the Buddha remember me as having such confidence.\u201d \u201cGodh\u0101, what do you have to say to Mah\u0101n\u0101ma when he speaks like this?\u201d \u201cSir, I have nothing to say to Mah\u0101n\u0101ma when he speaks like this, except what is good and wholesome.\u201d","title":"With Godh\u0101 the Sakyan","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":428}