{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn4.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn4.5","id":"suttacentral_sn4.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.5/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"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 am freed from all snares, both human and heavenly. You are also freed from all snares, both human and heavenly. Wander forth, mendicants, for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans. Let not two go by one road. Teach the Dhamma that\u2019s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that\u2019s entirely full and pure. There are beings with little dust in their eyes. They\u2019re in decline because they haven\u2019t heard the teaching. There will be those who understand the teaching! I will travel to the town of Sen\u0101 in Uruvel\u0101 in order to teach the Dhamma.\u201d Then M\u0101ra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: \u201cYou\u2019re bound by all snares, both human and heavenly. You\u2019re bound by the great bond: you won\u2019t escape me, ascetic!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m freed from all snares, both human and heavenly. I\u2019m freed from the great bonds; You\u2019re beaten, terminator!\u201d Then M\u0101ra \u2026 vanished right there.","title":"M\u0101ra\u2019s Snares (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":216}