{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.40/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.40","id":"suttacentral_sn56.40","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.40/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, take any mendicant who truly understands: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019. An ascetic or brahmin might come from the east, west, north, or south wanting to debate, seeking a debate, thinking: \u2018I\u2019ll refute their doctrine!\u2019 It\u2019s simply impossible for them to legitimately make that mendicant shake or rock or tremble. Suppose there was a stone post, sixteen feet long. Eight feet were buried underground, and eight above ground. 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 stone post is firmly embedded, with deep foundations. In the same way, take any mendicant who truly understands: \u2018This is suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the origin of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the cessation of suffering\u2019 \u2026 \u2018This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering\u2019. An ascetic or brahmin might come from the east, west, north, or south wanting to debate, seeking a debate, thinking: \u2018I\u2019ll refute their doctrine!\u2019 It\u2019s simply impossible for them to legitimately make that mendicant shake or rock or tremble. 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":"Looking For a Debate","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":247}