{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn8.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn8.4","id":"suttacentral_sn8.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable \u0100nanda was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered S\u0101vatth\u012b for alms with Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa as his second monk. And at that time Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa became dissatisfied, as lust infected his mind. Then he addressed \u0100nanda in verse: \u201cI\u2019ve got a burning desire for pleasure; My mind is on fire! Please, out of compassion, Gotama, tell me how to quench the flames.\u201d \u201cYour mind is on fire because of a perversion of perception. Turn away from the feature of things that\u2019s attractive, provoking lust. See all conditioned phenomena as alien, as suffering and not-self. Extinguish the great fire of lust, don\u2019t burn up again and again. With mind unified and serene, meditate on the ugly aspects of the body. With mindfulness immersed in the body, be full of disillusionment. Meditate on the signless, give up the underlying tendency to conceit; and when you comprehend conceit, you will live at peace.\u201d","title":"With \u0100nanda","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":170}