{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn23.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn23.1","id":"suttacentral_sn23.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn23.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then Venerable R\u0101dha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of this thing called \u2018M\u0101ra\u2019. How is M\u0101ra defined?\u201d \u201cWhen there is form, R\u0101dha, there would be M\u0101ra, or the murderer, or the murdered. So you should see form as M\u0101ra, the murderer, the murdered, the diseased, the boil, the dart, the gloom, the gloominess. Those who see it like this see rightly. When there is feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, there may be M\u0101ra, or the murderer, or the murdered. So you should see consciousness as M\u0101ra, the murderer, the murdered, the diseased, the boil, the dart, the gloom, the gloominess. Those who see it like this see rightly.\u201d \u201cBut sir, what\u2019s the purpose of seeing rightly?\u201d \u201cDisillusionment is the purpose of seeing rightly.\u201d \u201cBut what\u2019s the purpose of disillusionment?\u201d \u201cDispassion is the purpose of disillusionment.\u201d \u201cBut what\u2019s the purpose of dispassion?\u201d \u201cFreedom is the purpose of dispassion.\u201d \u201cBut what\u2019s the purpose of freedom?\u201d \u201cExtinguishment is the purpose of freedom.\u201d \u201cBut sir, what is the purpose of extinguishment?\u201d \u201cYour question goes too far, R\u0101dha. You weren\u2019t able to grasp the limit of questioning. For extinguishment is the objective, destination, and culmination of the spiritual life.\u201d","title":"About M\u0101ra","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":211}