{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.65/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.65","id":"suttacentral_sn22.65","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.65/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked 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 When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cWhen you take pleasure, mendicant, you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not taking pleasure, 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 take pleasure in form you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not taking pleasure, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. When you take pleasure in feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not taking pleasure, 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 take pleasure in form you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not taking pleasure, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. When you take pleasure in feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness you\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra. Not taking pleasure, you\u2019re free from the Wicked One. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d \u2026 And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"When You Take Pleasure","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":215}