{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.7","id":"suttacentral_sn47.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, in the Himalayas there are regions that are rugged and impassable. In some such regions, neither monkeys nor humans can go, while in others, monkeys can go but not humans. There are also level, pleasant places where both monkeys and humans can go. There hunters set snares of tar on the monkey trails to catch the monkeys. The monkeys who are not foolhardy and reckless see the tar and avoid it from afar. But a foolish and reckless monkey goes up to the tar and grabs it with a hand. He gets stuck there. Thinking to free his hand, he grabs it with his other hand. He gets stuck there. Thinking to free both hands, he grabs it with a foot. He gets stuck there. Thinking to free both hands and foot, he grabs it with his other foot. He gets stuck there. Thinking to free both hands and feet, he grabs it with his snout. He gets stuck there. And so the monkey, trapped at five points, just lies there screeching. He\u2019d meet with tragedy and disaster, and the hunter can do what he wants with him. The hunter spears him on that very banana tree, pries him off, and goes wherever he wants. 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 and 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 Monkey","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":447}