{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.39/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.39","id":"suttacentral_sn56.39","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.39/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don\u2019t truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. They gaze up at the face of another ascetic or brahmin, thinking: \u2018Surely this worthy one knows and sees.\u2019 Suppose there was a light tuft of cotton-wool or kapok which was taken up by the wind and landed on level ground. The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north. Why is that? It\u2019s because the tuft of cotton-wool is so light. In the same way, there are ascetics and brahmins who don\u2019t truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. They gaze up at the face of another ascetic or brahmin, thinking: \u2018Surely this worthy one knows and sees.\u2019 Why is that? It\u2019s because they haven\u2019t seen the four noble truths. There are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. They don\u2019t gaze up at the face of another ascetic or brahmin, thinking: \u2018Surely this worthy one knows and sees.\u2019 Suppose there was an iron pillar or an Indra\u2019s pillar with deep foundations, firmly embedded, imperturbable and unshakable. Even if violent storms were to blow up out of the east, the west, the north, and the south, they couldn\u2019t make it shake or rock or tremble. Why is that? It\u2019s because that Indra\u2019s pillar is firmly embedded, with deep foundations. In the same way, there are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. They don\u2019t gaze up at the face of another ascetic or brahmin, thinking: \u2018Surely this worthy one knows and sees.\u2019 Why is that? It\u2019s because they have clearly seen the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"Indra\u2019s pillar","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":322}