{"id":"sn35.114","title":"Māra’s Snare (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.114","title":"Māra’s Snare (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn35.114:0","sourceIds":["sn35.114:0.1","sn35.114:0.2","sn35.114:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.114\n12. Lokakāmaguṇavagga\nPaṭhamamārapāsasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.114\n12. The World and the Kinds of Sensual Stimulation\nMāra’s Snare (1st)"}},{"id":"sn35.114:1","sourceIds":["sn35.114:1.1","sn35.114:1.2","sn35.114:1.3","sn35.114:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Santi, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āvāsagato mārassa, mārassa vasaṁ gato, paṭimukkassa mārapāso.\nBaddho so mārabandhanena yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe….","en":"“Mendicants, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\nthey’re called a mendicant trapped in Māra’s lair, fallen under Māra’s sway, and caught in Māra’s snare.\nThey’re bound by Māra’s bonds, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"sn35.114:2","sourceIds":["sn35.114:2.1","sn35.114:2.2","sn35.114:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, jivhāviññeyyā rasā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āvāsagato mārassa, mārassa vasaṁ gato, paṭimukkassa mārapāso. Baddho so mārabandhanena …pe….","en":"There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …"}},{"id":"sn35.114:3","sourceIds":["sn35.114:3.1","sn35.114:3.2","sn35.114:3.3","sn35.114:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āvāsagato mārassa, mārassa vasaṁ gato, paṭimukkassa mārapāso.\nBaddho so mārabandhanena yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe…","en":"There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keep clinging to them,\nthey’re called a mendicant trapped in Māra’s lair, fallen under Māra’s sway, and caught in Māra’s snare.\nThey’re bound by Māra, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"sn35.114:4","sourceIds":["sn35.114:4.1","sn35.114:4.2","sn35.114:4.3","sn35.114:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu nāvāsagato mārassa, na mārassa vasaṁ gato, ummukkassa mārapāso.\nMutto so mārabandhanena na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe….","en":"There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\nthey’re called a mendicant not trapped in Māra’s lair, not fallen under Māra’s sway, and released from Māra’s snare.\nThey’re free from Māra’s bonds, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"sn35.114:5","sourceIds":["sn35.114:5.1","sn35.114:5.2","sn35.114:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, jivhāviññeyyā rasā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu nāvāsagato mārassa, na mārassa vasaṁ gato, ummukkassa mārapāso. Mutto so mārabandhanena na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe….","en":"There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …"}},{"id":"sn35.114:6","sourceIds":["sn35.114:6.1","sn35.114:6.2","sn35.114:6.3","sn35.114:6.4","sn35.114:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu nāvāsagato mārassa, na mārassa vasaṁ gato, ummukkassa mārapāso.\nMutto so mārabandhanena na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\nthey’re called a mendicant not trapped in Māra’s lair, not fallen under Māra’s sway, and released from Māra’s snare.\nThey’re free from Māra’s bonds, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.114/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}