{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.114/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.114","id":"suttacentral_sn35.114","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.114/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them, they\u2019re called a mendicant trapped in M\u0101ra\u2019s lair, fallen under M\u0101ra\u2019s sway, and caught in M\u0101ra\u2019s snare. They\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra\u2019s bonds, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants. There are sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keep clinging to them, they\u2019re called a mendicant trapped in M\u0101ra\u2019s lair, fallen under M\u0101ra\u2019s sway, and caught in M\u0101ra\u2019s snare. They\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants. There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they\u2019re called a mendicant not trapped in M\u0101ra\u2019s lair, not fallen under M\u0101ra\u2019s sway, and released from M\u0101ra\u2019s snare. They\u2019re free from M\u0101ra\u2019s bonds, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants. There are sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they\u2019re called a mendicant not trapped in M\u0101ra\u2019s lair, not fallen under M\u0101ra\u2019s sway, and released from M\u0101ra\u2019s snare. They\u2019re free from M\u0101ra\u2019s bonds, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants.\u201d","title":"M\u0101ra\u2019s Snare (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":262}