{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn4.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn4.4","id":"suttacentral_sn4.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, I have attained and realized supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort. You too should attain and realize supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort.\u201d Then M\u0101ra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: \u201cYou\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra\u2019s snares, both human and heavenly. You\u2019re bound by M\u0101ra\u2019s bonds: you won\u2019t escape me, ascetic!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m freed from M\u0101ra\u2019s snares, both human and heavenly. I\u2019m freed from M\u0101ra\u2019s bonds. You\u2019re beaten, terminator!\u201d Then M\u0101ra \u2026 vanished right there.","title":"M\u0101ra\u2019s Snares (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":124}