{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.63/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.63","id":"suttacentral_sn22.63","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.63/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cWhen you grasp, mendicant, you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not grasping, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One.\u201d \u201cUnderstood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!\u201d \u201cBut how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?\u201d \u201cSir, when you grasp form you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not grasping, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. When you grasp feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not grasping, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement.\u201d \u201cGood, good, mendicant! It\u2019s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I\u2019ve said in brief like this. When you grasp form you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not grasping, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. When you grasp feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not grasping, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d And then that mendicant approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. Then that mendicant, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness. He understood: \u201cRebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.\u201d And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"When You Grasp","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":324}