{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.40/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.40","id":"suttacentral_sn55.40","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.40/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery. Then Nandiya the Sakyan went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, if a noble disciple were to totally and utterly lack the four factors of stream-entry, would they live negligently?\u201d \u201cNandiya, someone who totally and utterly lacks these four factors of stream-entry stands outside in the faction of ordinary persons, I say. Neverthless, Nandiya, as to how a noble disciple lives negligently and how they live diligently, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Nandiya replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd how does a noble disciple live negligently? Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 They\u2019re content with that confidence, and don\u2019t make a further effort for solitude by day or retreat by night. When they live negligently, there\u2019s no joy. When there\u2019s no joy, there\u2019s no rapture. When there\u2019s no rapture, there\u2019s no tranquility. When there\u2019s no tranquility, there\u2019s suffering. When one is suffering, the mind does not become immersed in sam\u0101dhi. When the mind is not immersed in sam\u0101dhi, principles do not become clear. Because principles have not become clear, they\u2019re reckoned to live negligently. Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. They\u2019re content with that ethical conduct loved by the noble ones, and don\u2019t make a further effort for solitude by day or retreat by night. When they live negligently, there\u2019s no joy. When there\u2019s no joy, there\u2019s no rapture. When there\u2019s no rapture, there\u2019s no tranquility. When there\u2019s no tranquility, there\u2019s suffering. When one is suffering, the mind does not become immersed in sam\u0101dhi. When the mind is not immersed in sam\u0101dhi, principles do not become clear. Because principles have not become clear, they\u2019re reckoned to live negligently. That\u2019s how a noble disciple lives negligently. And how does a noble disciple live diligently? Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 But they\u2019re not content with that confidence, and make a further effort for solitude by day and retreat by night. When they live diligently, joy springs up. Being joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss. And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed in sam\u0101dhi. When the mind is immersed in sam\u0101dhi, principles become clear. Because principles have become clear, they\u2019re reckoned to live diligently. Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones \u2026 leading to immersion. But they\u2019re not content with that ethical conduct loved by the noble ones, and make a further effort for solitude by day and retreat by night. When they live diligently, joy springs up. Being joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss. And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed in sam\u0101dhi. When the mind is immersed in sam\u0101dhi, principles become clear. Because principles have become clear, they\u2019re reckoned to live diligently. That\u2019s how a noble disciple lives diligently.\u201d","title":"Nandiya the Sakyan","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":559}