{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_snp4.14/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_snp4.14","id":"suttacentral_snp4.14","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/snp4.14/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cGreat seer, I ask you, the Kinsman of the Sun, about seclusion and the state of peace. How, having seen, is a mendicant extinguished, not grasping anything in this world?\u201d \u201cThey would cut off the idea, \u2018I am the thinker\u2019,\u201d said the Buddha, \u201cwhich is the root of all judgments <j>that emerge from proliferation. Ever mindful, they would train to remove any internal cravings. Regardless of what things they know, whether internal or external, they wouldn\u2019t be proud because of that, for that is not quenching, say the good. They wouldn\u2019t let that make them conceited, thinking themselves better or worse or alike. When questioned in many ways, they wouldn\u2019t keep justifying themselves. A mendicant would be settled internally, and not seek peace from another. For one at peace inside themselves, there\u2019s no picking up, whence putting down? Just as, in the middle of the ocean, no waves arise, it stays still; so too one unstirred is still\u2014 a mendicant would make <j>no pretension regarding anything.\u201d \u201cHe whose eyes are open has explained the truth he witnessed, <j>where adversities are removed. Please now speak of the practice, sir, the monastic code and immersion in sam\u0101dhi.\u201d \u201cWith eyes not wanton, they\u2019d turn their ears from village gossip. They wouldn\u2019t be greedy for flavors, nor possessive about anything in the world. Though struck by contacts, a mendicant would not lament at all. They wouldn\u2019t pray for another life, nor tremble in the face of dangers. When they receive food and drink, edibles and clothes, they wouldn\u2019t store them up, nor worry about not getting them. Meditative, not footloose, they\u2019d avoid remorse and not be negligent. Then a mendicant would stay in quiet places to sit and rest. They wouldn\u2019t take much sleep, but, being keen, <j>would apply themselves to wakefulness. They\u2019d give up sloth, illusion, mirth, and play, and sex and ornamentation. They wouldn\u2019t cast Artharva\u1e47a spells, <j>interpret dreams or omens, or practice astrology. My followers would not study ominous animal cries, work as a doctor, or treat an impacted fetus. Not shaken by criticism, a mendicant would not gloat when praised. They\u2019d cast aside greed and stinginess, anger, and slander. They\u2019d not stand for buying and selling; a mendicant would not speak ill at all. They wouldn\u2019t linger in the village, nor cajole people from desire for profit. A mendicant would be no boaster, nor would they speak suggestively. They wouldn\u2019t train in impudence, nor speak argumentatively. They wouldn\u2019t be led into lying, nor be deliberately devious. And they\u2019d never look down on another because of livelihood, wisdom, or precepts and vows. Though provoked from hearing much talk from ascetics saying all different things, they wouldn\u2019t react harshly, for the virtuous do not retaliate. Having understood this teaching, inquiring, a mendicant would always train mindfully. Knowing quenching as peace, they\u2019d not be negligent in Gotama\u2019s bidding. For he is the vanquisher, the unvanquished, seer of the truth as witness, not by legends\u2014 that\u2019s why, being diligent, they would always train respectfully in the Buddha\u2019s teaching.\u201d","title":"Speedy","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":504}