{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn9.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn9.7","id":"suttacentral_sn9.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time Venerable N\u0101gadatta was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove. Now at that time Venerable N\u0101gadatta had been entering the village too early and returning late in the day. Then the deity haunting that forest had sympathy for N\u0101gadatta, wanting what\u2019s best for him. So they approached him wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses: \u201cEntering the village too early, and returning too late in the day, N\u0101gadatta mixes with lay people, sharing their joys and sorrows. I\u2019m afraid for N\u0101gadatta; he\u2019s reckless, shackled to families. May he not come under the King of Death\u2019s power, under the sway of the terminator!\u201d Impelled by that deity, Venerable N\u0101gadatta was struck with a sense of urgency.","title":"With N\u0101gadatta","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":125}