{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.27/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.27","id":"suttacentral_sn55.27","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.27/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika was sick, suffering, gravely ill. Then he addressed a man, \u201cPlease, my man, go to Venerable \u0100nanda, and in my name bow with your head to his feet. Say to him: \u2018Sir, the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika is sick, suffering, gravely ill. He bows with his head to your feet.\u2019 And then say: \u2018Sir, please visit him at his home out of sympathy.\u2019\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d that man replied. He did as An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika asked. \u0100nanda consented with silence. Then Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the householder An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika. He sat down on the seat spread out and said to An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika, \u201cI hope you\u2019re keeping well, householder, I hope you\u2019re all right. I hope your pain is fading, not growing; that its fading is evident, not its growing.\u201d \u201cSir, I\u2019m not keeping well, I\u2019m not getting by. My pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.\u201d \u201cHouseholder, when an unlearned ordinary person has four things, they\u2019re frightened and terrified, and fear what awaits them after death. What four? Firstly, an unlearned ordinary person distrusts the Buddha. Seeing in themselves that distrust of the Buddha, they\u2019re frightened and terrified, and fear what awaits them after death. Furthermore, an unlearned ordinary person distrusts the teaching \u2026 Furthermore, an unlearned ordinary person distrusts the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 Furthermore, an unlearned ordinary person has unethical conduct. Seeing in themselves that unethical conduct, they\u2019re frightened and terrified, and fear what awaits them after death. When an unlearned ordinary person has these four things, they\u2019re frightened and terrified, and fear what awaits them after death. When a learned noble disciple has four things, they\u2019re not frightened or terrified, and don\u2019t fear what awaits them after death. What four? Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 Seeing in themselves that experiential confidence in the Buddha, they\u2019re not frightened or terrified, and don\u2019t fear what awaits them after death. Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching \u2026 Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 Furthermore, a noble disciple\u2019s ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion. Seeing in themselves that ethical conduct loved by the noble ones, they\u2019re not frightened or terrified, and don\u2019t fear what awaits them after death. When a learned noble disciple has these four things, they\u2019re not frightened or terrified, and don\u2019t fear what awaits them after death.\u201d \u201cHonorable \u0100nanda, I am not afraid. What have I to fear? For I have experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 And of the training rules appropriate for laypeople taught by the Buddha, I don\u2019t see any that I have broken.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate! You have declared the fruit of stream-entry.\u201d","title":"With An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":492}