{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn9.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn9.9","id":"suttacentral_sn9.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time a certain Vajjian mendicant was staying near Ves\u0101l\u012b in a certain forest grove. Now at that time the Vajjis were holding an all-night event in Ves\u0101l\u012b. Then that mendicant, complaining at the noise of musical instruments being beaten and played, on that occasion spoke this verse: \u201cWe dwell alone in the wilderness, like a log dumped in the forest. On a night like this, who\u2019s worse off than me?\u201d The deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that mendicant, and wanted what\u2019s best for them. So they approached that mendicant wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse: \u201cYou dwell alone in the wilderness, like a log dumped in the forest. Lots of people are jealous of you, like beings in hell of those going to heaven.\u201d Impelled by that deity, that mendicant was struck with a sense of urgency.","title":"A Vajji","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":145}