{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.9","id":"suttacentral_sn56.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, don\u2019t get into arguments, such as: \u2018You don\u2019t understand this teaching and training. I understand this teaching and training. What, you understand this teaching and training? You\u2019re practicing wrong. I\u2019m practicing right. I stay on topic, you don\u2019t. You said last what you should have said first. You said first what you should have said last. What you\u2019ve thought so much about has been disproved. Your doctrine is refuted. Go on, save your doctrine! You\u2019re trapped; get yourself out of this\u2014if you can!\u2019 Why is that? Because those discussions aren\u2019t beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They don\u2019t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. When you discuss, you should discuss: \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. \u2026 That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"Arguments","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":156}