{
  "sn1.1:0.1": "Linked Discourses 1.1 ",
  "sn1.1:0.2": "1. A Reed ",
  "sn1.1:0.3": "Crossing the Flood ",
  "sn1.1:1.1": "So I have heard. ",
  "sn1.1:1.2": "At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. ",
  "sn1.1:1.3": "Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, ",
  "sn1.1:1.4": "“Good sir, how did you cross the flood?” ",
  "sn1.1:1.5": "“Neither standing nor swimming, sir, I crossed the flood.” ",
  "sn1.1:1.6": "“But in what way did you cross the flood neither standing nor swimming?” ",
  "sn1.1:1.7": "“When I stood still, I went under. ",
  "sn1.1:1.8": "And when I swam, I was swept away. ",
  "sn1.1:1.9": "That’s how I crossed the flood neither standing nor swimming.” ",
  "sn1.1:2.1": "“After a long time I see ",
  "sn1.1:2.2": "a brahmin extinguished. ",
  "sn1.1:2.3": "Neither standing nor swimming, ",
  "sn1.1:2.4": "he’s crossed over clinging to the world.” ",
  "sn1.1:3.1": "This is what that deity said, ",
  "sn1.1:3.2": "and the teacher approved. ",
  "sn1.1:3.3": "",
  "sn1.1:3.4": "Then that deity, knowing that the teacher approved, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there. "
}