sn4.5:2.1 “Mendicants, I am freed from all snares, both human and heavenly.
sn4.5:2.2 You are also freed from all snares, both human and heavenly.
sn4.5:2.3 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.
sn4.5:2.4 Let not two go by one road.
sn4.5:2.5 Teach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.
sn4.5:2.6 There are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.
sn4.5:2.7 There will be those who understand the teaching!
sn4.5:2.8 I will travel to the town of Senā in Uruvelā in order to teach the Dhamma.”
sn4.5:2.9 Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse: