{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.6","id":"suttacentral_sn47.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, a hawk suddenly swooped down and grabbed a quail. And as the quail was being carried off he wailed, \u2018I\u2019m so unlucky, of so little merit, to have roamed out of my territory into the domain of others. If today I\u2019d roamed within my own territory, the domain of my fathers, this hawk wouldn\u2019t have stood a chance against me in a fight.\u2019 \u2018So, quail, what is your own territory, the domain of your fathers?\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s a ploughed field covered with clods of earth.\u2019 Confident in her own strength, the hawk was not daunted or intimidated. She released the quail, saying, \u2018Go now, quail. But even there you won\u2019t escape me!\u2019 Then the quail went to a ploughed field covered with clods of earth. He climbed up a big clod, and standing there, he said to the hawk: \u2018Come get me, hawk! Come get me, hawk!\u2019 Confident in her own strength, the hawk was not daunted or intimidated. She folded her wings and suddenly swooped down on the quail. When the quail knew that the hawk was nearly there, he slipped under that clod. But the hawk crashed chest-first right there. That\u2019s what happens when you roam out of your territory into the domain of others. So, mendicants, don\u2019t roam out of your own territory into the domain of others. If you roam out of your own territory into the domain of others, M\u0101ra will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity. And what is not a mendicant\u2019s own territory but the domain of others? It\u2019s the five kinds of sensual stimulation. What five? Sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. Sounds known by the ear \u2026 Smells known by the nose \u2026 Tastes known by the tongue \u2026 Touches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. This is not a mendicant\u2019s own territory but the domain of others. You should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers. If you roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers, M\u0101ra won\u2019t find a vulnerability or get an opportunity. And what is a mendicant\u2019s own territory, the domain of the fathers? It\u2019s the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. What four? It\u2019s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. This is a mendicant\u2019s own territory, the domain of the fathers.\u201d","title":"A Hawk","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":437}