{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.6","id":"suttacentral_sn7.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then the brahmin Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja of the Matted Hair went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side, and addressed the Buddha in verse: \u201cTangled within, tangled without: these people are tangled in tangles. I ask you this, Gotama: who can untangle this tangle?\u201d \u201cA wise person grounded in ethics, developing the mind and wisdom, a keen and alert mendicant\u2014 they can untangle this tangle. Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance have faded away; the perfected ones with defilements ended\u2014 they have untangled the tangle. Where name and form cease with no residue left behind; as well as impingement and perception of form: it\u2019s here this tangle is cut.\u201d When he had spoken, Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja of the Matted Hair said to the Buddha, \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama! \u2026\u201d \u2026 And Venerable Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja became one of the perfected.","title":"With Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja of the Matted Hair","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":152}