{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thig13.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thig13.2","id":"suttacentral_thig13.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thig13.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cYou fell asleep saying \u2018ascetics\u2019; you woke up saying \u2018ascetics\u2019; you only praise ascetics, madam\u2014 surely you\u2019ll become an ascetic. You provide ascetics with abundant food and drink. I ask you now, Rohi\u1e47\u012b: why do you like ascetics? They don\u2019t like to work, they\u2019re lazy, they live on charity; always on the lookout, greedy for sweets\u2014 so why do you like ascetics?\u201d \u201cDad, for a long time now you\u2019ve questioned me about ascetics. I shall extol for you their wisdom, ethics, and vigor. They like to work, they\u2019re not lazy; by giving up greed and hate, they do the best kind of work\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. As for the three roots of evil, by pure deeds they shake them off. They have given up all wickedness\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. Their bodily actions are pure; their actions of speech likewise; their actions of mind are pure\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. Immaculate as a conch-shell, they\u2019re pure inside and out, full of bright qualities\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. They\u2019re learned and memorize the teaching, noble, living righteously, teaching the text and its meaning: that\u2019s why I like ascetics. They\u2019re learned and memorize the teaching, noble, living righteously, unified in mind, and mindful\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. Traveling afar, and mindful, thoughtful in counsel, not restless, they understand the end of suffering\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. When they leave a village, they don\u2019t look back with longing, but proceed without concern\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. They hoard no goods in storerooms, nor in pots or baskets. They seek food prepared by others\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics. They don\u2019t receive gold coins, or gold or silver; feeding on whatever comes that day, that\u2019s why I like ascetics. They have gone forth from different families, even different countries, and yet they all love one another\u2014 that\u2019s why I like ascetics.\u201d \u201cDear Rohin\u012b, it was truly for our benefit that you were born in our family! You have faith and such keen respect for the Buddha, his teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. For you understand this supreme field of merit. These ascetics will henceforth receive our religious donation, too. For there we will place our sacrifice, and it shall be abundant.\u201d \u201cIf you fear suffering, if you don\u2019t like suffering, go for refuge to the Buddha, the unaffected, to his teaching and to the Sa\u1e45gha. Undertake the precepts, that will be good for you.\u201d \u201cI go for refuge to the Buddha, the unaffected, to his teaching and to the Sa\u1e45gha. I undertake the precepts, that will be good for me. I used to be brahmin only by kin, now I genuinely am a brahmin. Master of the three knowledges, I\u2019m a scholar, a knowledge master, a bathed initiate.\u201d","title":"Rohin\u012b","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":461}