{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.44/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.44","id":"suttacentral_sn56.44","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.44/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, suppose someone were to say: \u2018Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. It\u2019s as if someone were to say: \u2018Before the lower story of a bungalow is built, I will hoist up the upper story.\u2019 That is not possible. In the same way, suppose someone were to say: \u2018Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. But suppose someone were to say: \u2018After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is possible. It\u2019s as if someone were to say: \u2018After the lower story of a bungalow is built, I will hoist up the upper story.\u2019 That is possible. In the same way, suppose someone were to say: \u2018After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is possible. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"A Bungalow","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":196}