{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn4.12/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn4.12","id":"suttacentral_sn4.12","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.12/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly. Then M\u0101ra thought, \u201cThe ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly. Why don\u2019t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?\u201d Then M\u0101ra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: \u201cWhy now do you roar like a lion? You\u2019re so self-assured in the assembly! For there is someone who\u2019ll wrestle with you, so why do you imagine you\u2019re the victor?\u201d \u201cThe great heroes they roar, self-assured in the assemblies. The Realized One, attained to power, has crossed over clinging to the world.\u201d Then M\u0101ra the Wicked, thinking, \u201cThe Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!\u201d miserable and sad, vanished right there.","title":"Lion","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":139}