{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn8.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn8.6","id":"suttacentral_sn8.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable S\u0101riputta was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now at that time Venerable S\u0101riputta was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants in the assembly hall with a Dhamma talk. His words were polished, clear, articulate, and expressed the meaning. And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening. Then Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa thought, \u201cThis Venerable S\u0101riputta is educating the mendicants. \u2026 And those mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening. Why don\u2019t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?\u201d Then Venerable Va\u1e45g\u012bsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward S\u0101riputta, and said, \u201cI feel inspired to speak, Reverend S\u0101riputta! I feel inspired to speak, Reverend S\u0101riputta!\u201d \u201cThen speak as you feel inspired,\u201d said S\u0101riputta. Then Va\u1e45g\u012bsa extolled S\u0101riputta in his presence with fitting verses: \u201cDeep in wisdom, intelligent, expert in the path and what is not the path; S\u0101riputta, so greatly wise, teaches Dhamma to the mendicants. He teaches in brief, or he speaks at length. His call, like a myna bird, overflows with eloquence. While he teaches the mendicants listen to his sweet voice, sounding attractive, clear and graceful. They listen joyfully, their hearts elated.\u201d","title":"With S\u0101riputta","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":213}